#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
RGBrgb(230, 217, 128)
HSLhsl(52, 67%, 70%)
HSVhsv(52, 44%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 5.7%, 44.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(86.01, -7.61, 45.29)
CIE-LCHlch(86.01, 45.92, 99.53°)
OKLaboklab(87.68% -0.0214 0.1092)
OKLCHoklch(87.68% 0.111 101.1)
XYZxyz(61.3437, 68.0091, 30.3136)
Luminance0.6801 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##E6D9801.001.4414.6014.60
#FFFFFF1.441.0021.0021.00
#00000014.6021.001.001.00
##00000014.6021.001.001.00

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

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#E6D980 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva