#E6D96F#E6D96F

#E6D96F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.128 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D96F
RGB	rgb(230, 217, 111)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 51.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.81, -9.14, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.81, 53.99, 99.75°)
OKLab	oklab(87.45% -0.0275 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(87.45% 0.128 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.3170, 67.5985, 24.9064)
Luminance	0.6760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D96F #6F7CE6

analogous

#E69E6F #E6D96F #B8E66F

triadic

#E6D96F #6FE6D9 #D96FE6

tetradic

#E6D96F #6FE69E #6F7CE6 #E66FB8

square

#E6D96F #6FE69E #6F7CE6 #E66FB8

split-complementary

#E6D96F #6FB8E6 #9E6FE6

monochromatic

#BAA920 #DDCB3B #E6D96F #EFE7A3 #F8F5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E6D96F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#E6D96F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D96F

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D96F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D96F	1.00	1.45	14.52	14.52
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D365

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d96f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 217, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.128 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e49b',
    500: '#e6d96f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d96f;
$custom-light: #f0e49b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d96f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.445,
    "s": 70.414,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87448,
    "c": 0.12837,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D96F

secondary

#3F4DBA

accent

#28D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D96F

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

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