#E6DB5B#E6DB5B

#E6DB5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.148 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DB5B
RGB	rgb(230, 219, 91)
HSL	hsl(55, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 60.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.13, -11.63, 62.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.13, 63.63, 100.54°)
OKLab	oklab(87.64% -0.0368 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(87.64% 0.148 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.8551, 68.2435, 19.9149)
Luminance	0.6824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DB5B #5B66E6

analogous

#E6955B #E6DB5B #ABE65B

triadic

#E6DB5B #5BE6DB #DB5BE6

tetradic

#E6DB5B #5BE695 #5B66E6 #E65BAB

square

#E6DB5B #5BE695 #5B66E6 #E65BAB

split-complementary

#E6DB5B #5BABE6 #955BE6

monochromatic

#ACA11A #DECF26 #E6DB5B #EEE790 #F6F2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E6DB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.65

#E6DB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DB5B

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DB5B	1.00	1.43	14.65	14.65
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6db5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 219, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.148 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e58e',
    500: '#e6db5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6db5b;
$custom-light: #f1e58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6db5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.252,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87641,
    "c": 0.14785,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DB5B

secondary

#3841AE

accent

#1FD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DB5B

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

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