#E6D96D#E6D96D

#E6D96D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.130 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D96D
RGB	rgb(230, 217, 109)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 52.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.78, -9.31, 54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.78, 54.91, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(87.42% -0.0282 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(87.42% 0.13 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.2081, 67.5549, 24.3329)
Luminance	0.6755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D96D #6D7AE6

analogous

#E69D6D #E6D96D #B7E66D

triadic

#E6D96D #6DE6D9 #D96DE6

tetradic

#E6D96D #6DE69D #6D7AE6 #E66DB7

square

#E6D96D #6DE69D #6D7AE6 #E66DB7

split-complementary

#E6D96D #6DB7E6 #9D6DE6

monochromatic

#B9A820 #DDCB39 #E6D96D #EFE7A1 #F8F4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E6D96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#E6D96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D96D

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D96D	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD363

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED972

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 217, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.130 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e49a',
    500: '#e6d96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d96d;
$custom-light: #f0e49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.554,
    "s": 70.76,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87423,
    "c": 0.13027,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D96D

secondary

#3E4CB9

accent

#27D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D96D

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

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