#E6DB4B#E6DB4B

#E6DB4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.160 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DB4B
RGB	rgb(230, 219, 75)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 67.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.00, -12.58, 68.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.00, 70.04, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(87.5% -0.0412 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(87.5% 0.16 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.2370, 67.9962, 16.6595)
Luminance	0.6799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DB4B #4B56E6

analogous

#E68E4B #E6DB4B #A4E64B

triadic

#E6DB4B #4BE6DB #DB4BE6

tetradic

#E6DB4B #4BE68E #4B56E6 #E64BA4

square

#E6DB4B #4BE68E #4B56E6 #E64BA4

split-complementary

#E6DB4B #4BA4E6 #8E4BE6

monochromatic

#A09716 #D6C91E #E6DB4B #EDE681 #F5F0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E6DB4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#E6DB4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DB4B

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DB4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DB4B	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)

#EED336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6db4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 219, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.160 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e585',
    500: '#e6db4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6db4b;
$custom-light: #f1e585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6db4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.742,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87503,
    "c": 0.15964,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DB4B

secondary

#323AA3

accent

#43F236

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DB4B

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

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