#E6DC47#E6DC47

#E6DC47 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.163 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DC47
RGB	rgb(230, 220, 71)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 69.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.24, -13.28, 70.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.24, 71.87, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(87.68% -0.0435 0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(87.68% 0.163 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.3660, 68.4665, 16.0482)
Luminance	0.6846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DC47 #4751E6

analogous

#E68C47 #E6DC47 #A1E647

triadic

#E6DC47 #47E6DC #DC47E6

tetradic

#E6DC47 #47E68C #4751E6 #E647A1

square

#E6DC47 #47E68C #4751E6 #E647A1

split-complementary

#E6DC47 #47A1E6 #8C47E6

monochromatic

#9D9515 #D3C81D #E6DC47 #EDE67D #F5F0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E6DC47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#E6DC47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DC47

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DC47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DC47	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD42F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dc47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 220, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.163 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e683',
    500: '#e6dc47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dc47;
$custom-light: #f2e683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dc47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.226,
    "s": 76.077,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87681,
    "c": 0.16314,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DC47

secondary

#3138A0

accent

#41F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DC47

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

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