#E6DC4F#E6DC4F

#E6DC4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.158 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DC4F
RGB	rgb(230, 220, 79)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 65.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.29, -12.86, 67.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.29, 68.86, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(87.74% -0.0415 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(87.74% 0.158 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.6399, 68.5761, 17.4906)
Luminance	0.6857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DC4F #4F59E6

analogous

#E6904F #E6DC4F #A5E64F

triadic

#E6DC4F #4FE6DC #DC4FE6

tetradic

#E6DC4F #4FE690 #4F59E6 #E64FA5

square

#E6DC4F #4FE690 #4F59E6 #E64FA5

split-complementary

#E6DC4F #4FA5E6 #904FE6

monochromatic

#A39A17 #D9CD1F #E6DC4F #EEE785 #F5F1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E6DC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#E6DC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DC4F

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DC4F	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)

#EED43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dc4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 220, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.158 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e687',
    500: '#e6dc4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dc4f;
$custom-light: #f1e687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dc4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.026,
    "s": 75.124,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87742,
    "c": 0.15781,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DC4F

secondary

#333BA6

accent

#1CD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DC4F

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

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