#E6DB5D#E6DB5D

#E6DB5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.146 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DB5D
RGB	rgb(230, 219, 93)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 59.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.15, -11.50, 61.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.15, 62.78, 100.56°)
OKLab	oklab(87.66% -0.0362 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(87.66% 0.146 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.9425, 68.2785, 20.3754)
Luminance	0.6828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DB5D #5D68E6

analogous

#E6965D #E6DB5D #ADE65D

triadic

#E6DB5D #5DE6DB #DB5DE6

tetradic

#E6DB5D #5DE696 #5D68E6 #E65DAD

square

#E6DB5D #5DE696 #5D68E6 #E65DAD

split-complementary

#E6DB5D #5DADE6 #965DE6

monochromatic

#AEA21B #DECF28 #E6DB5D #EEE792 #F6F3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E6DB5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#E6DB5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DB5D

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DB5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DB5D	1.00	1.43	14.66	14.66
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6db5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 219, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.146 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e590',
    500: '#e6db5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6db5d;
$custom-light: #f1e590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6db5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 73.262,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8766,
    "c": 0.14623,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DB5D

secondary

#3842AF

accent

#20D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DB5D

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

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