#E6D877#E6D877

#E6D877 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.120 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D877
RGB	rgb(230, 216, 119)
HSL	hsl(52, 69%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 48.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.64, -7.95, 49.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.64, 49.85, 99.17°)
OKLab	oklab(87.35% -0.0232 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(87.35% 0.12 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.5204, 67.2687, 27.2454)
Luminance	0.6727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D877 #7785E6

analogous

#E6A077 #E6D877 #BCE677

triadic

#E6D877 #77E6D8 #D877E6

tetradic

#E6D877 #77E6A0 #7785E6 #E677BC

square

#E6D877 #77E6A0 #7785E6 #E677BC

split-complementary

#E6D877 #77BCE6 #A077E6

monochromatic

#BFAC23 #DCC943 #E6D877 #F0E7AB #F9F6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E6D877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#E6D877 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D877

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D877	1.00	1.45	14.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D36F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD97B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 216, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.120 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e3a0',
    500: '#e6d877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d877;
$custom-light: #f0e3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.432,
    "s": 68.944,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87346,
    "c": 0.11959,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D877

secondary

#4453BE

accent

#2CD115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D877

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

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