#E6D863#E6D863

#E6D863 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.138 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D863
RGB	rgb(230, 216, 99)
HSL	hsl(54, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 57%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.42, -9.58, 58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.42, 59.05, 99.33°)
OKLab	oklab(87.1% -0.03 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(87.1% 0.138 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.4432, 66.8378, 21.5717)
Luminance	0.6684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D863 #6371E6

analogous

#E69763 #E6D863 #B3E663

triadic

#E6D863 #63E6D8 #D863E6

tetradic

#E6D863 #63E697 #6371E6 #E663B3

square

#E6D863 #63E697 #6371E6 #E663B3

split-complementary

#E6D863 #63B3E6 #9763E6

monochromatic

#B2A21D #DECB2E #E6D863 #EEE598 #F7F2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E6D863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#E6D863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D863

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D863	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 216, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.138 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e393',
    500: '#e6d863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d863;
$custom-light: #f1e393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.588,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87103,
    "c": 0.13836,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D863

secondary

#3B47B3

accent

#26D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D863

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →