#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
RGB	rgb(230, 220, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 66.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.29, -12.92, 68.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.29, 69.25, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(87.73% -0.0418 0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(87.73% 0.159 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.6037, 68.5616, 17.3003)
Luminance	0.6856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E6DC4E	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)

#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

Preview with #E6DC4E

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

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