#E6D96A#E6D96A

#E6D96A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.133 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D96A
RGB	rgb(230, 217, 106)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 53.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.75, -9.55, 55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.75, 56.29, 99.77°)
OKLab	oklab(87.39% -0.0292 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(87.39% 0.133 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.0494, 67.4914, 23.4969)
Luminance	0.6749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D96A #6A77E6

analogous

#E69B6A #E6D96A #B5E66A

triadic

#E6D96A #6AE6D9 #D96AE6

tetradic

#E6D96A #6AE69B #6A77E6 #E66AB5

square

#E6D96A #6AE69B #6A77E6 #E66AB5

split-complementary

#E6D96A #6AB5E6 #9B6AE6

monochromatic

#B7A71F #DDCC36 #E6D96A #EFE69E #F8F4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E6D96A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#E6D96A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D96A

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D96A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D96A	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD35F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED96F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d96a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 217, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.133 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e498',
    500: '#e6d96a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d96a;
$custom-light: #f0e498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d96a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.71,
    "s": 71.264,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87387,
    "c": 0.13305,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D96A

secondary

#3D4AB7

accent

#26D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D96A

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

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