#E6D962#E6D962

#E6D962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.140 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D962
RGB	rgb(230, 217, 98)
HSL	hsl(54, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 57.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.67, -10.15, 59.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.67, 59.87, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(87.3% -0.0318 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(87.3% 0.14 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.6526, 67.3327, 21.4072)
Luminance	0.6733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D962 #626FE6

analogous

#E69762 #E6D962 #B1E662

triadic

#E6D962 #62E6D9 #D962E6

tetradic

#E6D962 #62E697 #626FE6 #E662B1

square

#E6D962 #62E697 #626FE6 #E662B1

split-complementary

#E6D962 #62B1E6 #9762E6

monochromatic

#B1A31C #DECC2D #E6D962 #EEE697 #F7F3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E6D962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#E6D962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D962

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D962	1.00	1.45	14.47	14.47
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 217, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.140 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e493',
    500: '#e6d962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d962;
$custom-light: #f1e493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.091,
    "s": 72.527,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87298,
    "c": 0.14016,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D962

secondary

#3A46B2

accent

#24D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D962

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

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