#E6DB4E#E6DB4E

#E6DB4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.158 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DB4E
RGB	rgb(230, 219, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 66.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.03, -12.42, 67.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.03, 68.89, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(87.53% -0.0404 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(87.53% 0.158 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.3421, 68.0383, 17.2131)
Luminance	0.6804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DB4E #4E59E6

analogous

#E68F4E #E6DB4E #A5E64E

triadic

#E6DB4E #4EE6DB #DB4EE6

tetradic

#E6DB4E #4EE68F #4E59E6 #E64EA5

square

#E6DB4E #4EE68F #4E59E6 #E64EA5

split-complementary

#E6DB4E #4EA5E6 #8F4EE6

monochromatic

#A39917 #D8CB1F #E6DB4E #EEE684 #F5F1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E6DB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#E6DB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DB4E

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DB4E	1.00	1.44	14.61	14.61
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6db4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 219, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.158 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e587',
    500: '#e6db4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6db4e;
$custom-light: #f1e587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6db4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.658,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87526,
    "c": 0.15758,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DB4E

secondary

#333BA5

accent

#1DD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DB4E

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

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