#E6DB6A#E6DB6A

#E6DB6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.135 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DB6A
RGB	rgb(230, 219, 106)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 53.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.27, -10.55, 56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.27, 57.06, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(87.8% -0.032 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(87.8% 0.135 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.5680, 68.5287, 23.6697)
Luminance	0.6853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DB6A #6A75E6

analogous

#E69D6A #E6DB6A #B3E66A

triadic

#E6DB6A #6AE6DB #DB6AE6

tetradic

#E6DB6A #6AE69D #6A75E6 #E66AB3

square

#E6DB6A #6AE69D #6A75E6 #E66AB3

split-complementary

#E6DB6A #6AB3E6 #9D6AE6

monochromatic

#B7A91F #DDCE36 #E6DB6A #EFE89E #F8F4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E6DB6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#E6DB6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DB6A

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DB6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DB6A	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD55F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6db6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 219, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.135 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e598',
    500: '#e6db6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6db6a;
$custom-light: #f0e598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6db6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.677,
    "s": 71.264,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87799,
    "c": 0.13497,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DB6A

secondary

#3D48B7

accent

#23D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DB6A

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

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