#E6D85D#E6D85D

#E6D85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.143 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D85D
RGB	rgb(230, 216, 93)
HSL	hsl(54, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 59.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.37, -10.00, 60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.37, 61.67, 99.33°)
OKLab	oklab(87.04% -0.0319 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(87.04% 0.143 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.1669, 66.7273, 20.1168)
Luminance	0.6673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D85D #5D6BE6

analogous

#E6935D #E6D85D #AFE65D

triadic

#E6D85D #5DE6D8 #D85DE6

tetradic

#E6D85D #5DE693 #5D6BE6 #E65DAF

square

#E6D85D #5DE693 #5D6BE6 #E65DAF

split-complementary

#E6D85D #5DAFE6 #935DE6

monochromatic

#AE9F1B #DECB28 #E6D85D #EEE592 #F6F2C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E6D85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#E6D85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D85D

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D85D	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 216, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.143 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e38f',
    500: '#e6d85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d85d;
$custom-light: #f1e38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.869,
    "s": 73.262,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87041,
    "c": 0.14345,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D85D

secondary

#3844AF

accent

#24D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D85D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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