#E6D97A#E6D97A

#E6D97A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.118 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D97A
RGB	rgb(230, 217, 122)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 47%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.93, -8.18, 48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.93, 48.81, 99.64°)
OKLab	oklab(87.59% -0.0236 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(87.59% 0.118 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.9604, 67.8558, 28.2949)
Luminance	0.6785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D97A #7A87E6

analogous

#E6A37A #E6D97A #BDE67A

triadic

#E6D97A #7AE6D9 #D97AE6

tetradic

#E6D97A #7AE6A3 #7A87E6 #E67ABD

square

#E6D97A #7AE6A3 #7A87E6 #E67ABD

split-complementary

#E6D97A #7ABDE6 #A37AE6

monochromatic

#C1AE24 #DCCA46 #E6D97A #F0E8AE #F9F6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E6D97A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#E6D97A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D97A

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D97A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D97A	1.00	1.44	14.57	14.57
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDA7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d97a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 217, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.118 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e4a2',
    500: '#e6d97a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d97a;
$custom-light: #f0e4a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d97a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.778,
    "s": 68.354,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87592,
    "c": 0.11752,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D97A

secondary

#4655BE

accent

#2CD015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D97A

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

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