#E6DC4E#E6DC4E

#E6DC4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; 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#E6DC4E
RGBrgb(230, 220, 78)
HSLhsl(56, 75%, 60%)
HSVhsv(56, 66%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.3%, 66.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(86.29, -12.92, 68.03)
CIE-LCHlch(86.29, 69.25, 100.75°)
OKLaboklab(87.73% -0.0418 0.1529)
OKLCHoklch(87.73% 0.159 105.3)
XYZxyz(59.6037, 68.5616, 17.3003)
Luminance0.6856 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E6DC4E #4E58E6
analogous
#E6904E #E6DC4E #A4E64E
triadic
#E6DC4E #4EE6DC #DC4EE6
tetradic
#E6DC4E #4EE690 #4E58E6 #E64EA4
square
#E6DC4E #4EE690 #4E58E6 #E64EA4
split-complementary
#E6DC4E #4EA4E6 #904EE6
monochromatic
#A39917 #D8CC1F #E6DC4E #EEE784 #F5F1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43
#E6DC4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71
#E6DC4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DC4E
14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E6DC4E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E6DC4E1.001.4314.7114.71
#FFFFFF1.431.0021.0021.00
#00000014.7121.001.001.00
##00000014.7121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#EED43A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F2DB57
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6CEBF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e6dc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 220, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.159 105.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e687',
    500: '#e6dc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e6dc4e;
$custom-light: #f1e687;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e6dc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.053,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87734,
    "c": 0.1585,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E6DC4E
secondary
#333BA5
accent
#1BD70E
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

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#E6DC4E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva