#E6D980#E6D980

#E6D980 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.111 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D980
RGB	rgb(230, 217, 128)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 44%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 44.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.01, -7.61, 45.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.01, 45.92, 99.53°)
OKLab	oklab(87.68% -0.0214 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(87.68% 0.111 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.3437, 68.0091, 30.3136)
Luminance	0.6801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D980 #808DE6

analogous

#E6A680 #E6D980 #C0E680

triadic

#E6D980 #80E6D9 #D980E6

tetradic

#E6D980 #80E6A6 #808DE6 #E680C0

square

#E6D980 #80E6A6 #808DE6 #E680C0

split-complementary

#E6D980 #80C0E6 #A680E6

monochromatic

#C5B127 #DCCA4D #E6D980 #F0E8B3 #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E6D980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#E6D980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D980

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D980	1.00	1.44	14.60	14.60
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDA84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 217, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.111 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe4a6',
    500: '#e6d980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d980;
$custom-light: #efe4a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.353,
    "s": 67.105,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87677,
    "c": 0.11129,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D980

secondary

#4C5ABE

accent

#2ECF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D980

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

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