#E6D968#E6D968

#E6D968 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.135 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D968
RGB	rgb(230, 217, 104)
HSL	hsl(54, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 54.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.73, -9.70, 56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.73, 57.19, 99.77°)
OKLab	oklab(87.36% -0.0298 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(87.36% 0.135 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.9466, 67.4503, 22.9555)
Luminance	0.6745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D968 #6875E6

analogous

#E69A68 #E6D968 #B4E668

triadic

#E6D968 #68E6D9 #D968E6

tetradic

#E6D968 #68E69A #6875E6 #E668B4

square

#E6D968 #68E69A #6875E6 #E668B4

split-complementary

#E6D968 #68B4E6 #9A68E6

monochromatic

#B6A61E #DDCC33 #E6D968 #EFE69D #F7F3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E6D968 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#E6D968 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D968

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D968	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D968	1.00	1.45	14.49	14.49
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD35D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED96E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d968;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 217, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.135 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e496',
    500: '#e6d968',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d968;
$custom-light: #f0e496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d968",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.81,
    "s": 71.591,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87364,
    "c": 0.13487,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D968

secondary

#3C49B6

accent

#26D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D968

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

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