#E6DB8A#E6DB8A

#E6DB8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.102 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DB8A
RGB	rgb(230, 219, 138)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 40%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.66, -7.60, 41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.66, 41.85, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(88.24% -0.0205 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(88.24% 0.103 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.5533, 69.3228, 34.1253)
Luminance	0.6932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DB8A #8A95E6

analogous

#E6AD8A #E6DB8A #C3E68A

triadic

#E6DB8A #8AE6DB #DB8AE6

tetradic

#E6DB8A #8AE6AD #8A95E6 #E68AC3

square

#E6DB8A #8AE6AD #8A95E6 #E68AC3

split-complementary

#E6DB8A #8AC3E6 #AD8AE6

monochromatic

#CAB72B #DBCB58 #E6DB8A #F1EBBC #FAF7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E6DB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#E6DB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DB8A

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DB8A	1.00	1.41	14.86	14.86
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDB8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6db8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 219, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.102 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe6ad',
    500: '#e6db8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6db8a;
$custom-light: #efe6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6db8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.826,
    "s": 64.789,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88239,
    "c": 0.1025,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DB8A

secondary

#5562BF

accent

#2ECD19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DB8A

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

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