#E6D94B#E6D94B

#E6D94B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.158 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D94B
RGB	rgb(230, 217, 75)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 67.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.48, -11.59, 68.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.48, 69.35, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(87.09% -0.0383 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(87.09% 0.158 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.7183, 66.9590, 16.4866)
Luminance	0.6696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D94B #4B58E6

analogous

#E68C4B #E6D94B #A5E64B

triadic

#E6D94B #4BE6D9 #D94BE6

tetradic

#E6D94B #4BE68C #4B58E6 #E64BA5

square

#E6D94B #4BE68C #4B58E6 #E64BA5

split-complementary

#E6D94B #4BA5E6 #8C4BE6

monochromatic

#A09516 #D6C71E #E6D94B #EDE481 #F5F0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E6D94B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#E6D94B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D94B

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D94B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D94B	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)

#ECD237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d94b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 217, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.158 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e485',
    500: '#e6d94b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d94b;
$custom-light: #f1e485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d94b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.968,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87088,
    "c": 0.15785,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D94B

secondary

#323CA3

accent

#45F236

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D94B

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

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