#E6D94A#E6D94A

#E6D94A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.159 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D94A
RGB	rgb(230, 217, 74)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 67.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.48, -11.64, 68.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.48, 69.73, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(87.08% -0.0386 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(87.08% 0.159 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.6844, 66.9454, 16.3078)
Luminance	0.6694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D94A #4A57E6

analogous

#E68B4A #E6D94A #A5E64A

triadic

#E6D94A #4AE6D9 #D94AE6

tetradic

#E6D94A #4AE68B #4A57E6 #E64AA5

square

#E6D94A #4AE68B #4A57E6 #E64AA5

split-complementary

#E6D94A #4AA5E6 #8B4AE6

monochromatic

#A09416 #D5C61D #E6D94A #EDE480 #F5F0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E6D94A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#E6D94A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D94A

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D94A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D94A	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d94a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 217, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.159 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e484',
    500: '#e6d94a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d94a;
$custom-light: #f2e484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d94a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8708,
    "c": 0.15852,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D94A

secondary

#323BA2

accent

#45F235

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D94A

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

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