#E6DC4D#E6DC4D

#E6DC4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.159 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DC4D
RGB	rgb(230, 220, 77)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 66.5%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.28, -12.97, 68.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.28, 69.63, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(87.73% -0.0421 0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(87.73% 0.159 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.5682, 68.5474, 17.1129)
Luminance	0.6855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DC4D #4D57E6

analogous

#E68F4D #E6DC4D #A4E64D

triadic

#E6DC4D #4DE6DC #DC4DE6

tetradic

#E6DC4D #4DE68F #4D57E6 #E64DA4

square

#E6DC4D #4DE68F #4D57E6 #E64DA4

split-complementary

#E6DC4D #4DA4E6 #8F4DE6

monochromatic

#A29917 #D8CB1E #E6DC4D #EEE783 #F5F1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E6DC4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#E6DC4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DC4D

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DC4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DC4D	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)

#EED439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dc4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 220, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.159 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e686',
    500: '#e6dc4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dc4d;
$custom-light: #f1e686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dc4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.078,
    "s": 75.369,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87726,
    "c": 0.15919,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DC4D

secondary

#333AA4

accent

#1BD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DC4D

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

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