#E6D95E#E6D95E

#E6D95E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.144 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D95E
RGB	rgb(230, 217, 94)
HSL	hsl(54, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 59.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.63, -10.43, 60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.63, 61.61, 99.75°)
OKLab	oklab(87.26% -0.033 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(87.26% 0.144 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.4685, 67.2590, 20.4373)
Luminance	0.6726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D95E #5E6BE6

analogous

#E6955E #E6D95E #AFE65E

triadic

#E6D95E #5EE6D9 #D95EE6

tetradic

#E6D95E #5EE695 #5E6BE6 #E65EAF

square

#E6D95E #5EE695 #5E6BE6 #E65EAF

split-complementary

#E6D95E #5EAFE6 #955EE6

monochromatic

#AFA01B #DECC29 #E6D95E #EEE693 #F6F2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E6D95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#E6D95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D95E

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D95E	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)

#EBD251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 217, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.144 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e490',
    500: '#e6d95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d95e;
$custom-light: #f1e490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.265,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87257,
    "c": 0.14354,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D95E

secondary

#3944B0

accent

#23D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D95E

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

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