#E6D960#E6D960

#E6D960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.142 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D960
RGB	rgb(230, 217, 96)
HSL	hsl(54, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 58.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.65, -10.29, 59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.65, 60.74, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(87.28% -0.0324 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(87.28% 0.142 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.5594, 67.2954, 20.9161)
Luminance	0.6729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D960 #606DE6

analogous

#E69660 #E6D960 #B0E660

triadic

#E6D960 #60E6D9 #D960E6

tetradic

#E6D960 #60E696 #606DE6 #E660B0

square

#E6D960 #60E696 #606DE6 #E660B0

split-complementary

#E6D960 #60B0E6 #9660E6

monochromatic

#B0A21C #DECC2B #E6D960 #EEE695 #F7F2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E6D960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#E6D960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D960

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D960	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 217, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.142 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e491',
    500: '#e6d960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d960;
$custom-light: #f1e491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.179,
    "s": 72.826,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87277,
    "c": 0.14187,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D960

secondary

#3945B1

accent

#24D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D960

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

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