#E6D97E#E6D97E

#E6D97E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.113 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D97E
RGB	rgb(230, 217, 126)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 45%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 45.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.98, -7.80, 46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.98, 46.89, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(87.65% -0.0221 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(87.65% 0.113 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.2134, 67.9570, 29.6271)
Luminance	0.6795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D97E #7E8BE6

analogous

#E6A57E #E6D97E #BFE67E

triadic

#E6D97E #7EE6D9 #D97EE6

tetradic

#E6D97E #7EE6A5 #7E8BE6 #E67EBF

square

#E6D97E #7EE6A5 #7E8BE6 #E67EBF

split-complementary

#E6D97E #7EBFE6 #A57EE6

monochromatic

#C4B026 #DCCA4B #E6D97E #F0E8B1 #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E6D97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#E6D97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D97E

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D97E	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDA82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 217, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.113 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e4a5',
    500: '#e6d97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d97e;
$custom-light: #f0e4a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 67.532,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87648,
    "c": 0.11338,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D97E

secondary

#4A59BE

accent

#2DCF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D97E

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

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