#E6DB4A#E6DB4A

#E6DB4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.160 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DB4A
RGB	rgb(230, 219, 74)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 67.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.00, -12.64, 69.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.00, 70.41, 100.34°)
OKLab	oklab(87.5% -0.0414 0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(87.5% 0.16 105)
XYZ	xyz(59.2030, 67.9827, 16.4807)
Luminance	0.6798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DB4A #4A55E6

analogous

#E68D4A #E6DB4A #A3E64A

triadic

#E6DB4A #4AE6DB #DB4AE6

tetradic

#E6DB4A #4AE68D #4A55E6 #E64AA3

square

#E6DB4A #4AE68D #4A55E6 #E64AA3

split-complementary

#E6DB4A #4AA3E6 #8D4AE6

monochromatic

#A09616 #D5C81D #E6DB4A #EDE680 #F5F0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E6DB4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#E6DB4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DB4A

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DB4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DB4A	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)

#EED334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6db4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 219, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.160 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e585',
    500: '#e6db4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6db4a;
$custom-light: #f2e585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6db4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.769,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87495,
    "c": 0.1603,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.6798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DB4A

secondary

#323AA2

accent

#43F235

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DB4A

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

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