#E6DC5A#E6DC5A

#E6DC5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.150 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DC5A
RGB	rgb(230, 220, 90)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 60.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.38, -12.20, 63.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.38, 64.42, 100.92°)
OKLab	oklab(87.84% -0.0385 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(87.84% 0.15 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.0739, 68.7497, 19.7765)
Luminance	0.6875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DC5A #5A64E6

analogous

#E6965A #E6DC5A #AAE65A

triadic

#E6DC5A #5AE6DC #DC5AE6

tetradic

#E6DC5A #5AE696 #5A64E6 #E65AAA

square

#E6DC5A #5AE696 #5A64E6 #E65AAA

split-complementary

#E6DC5A #5AAAE6 #965AE6

monochromatic

#ACA11A #DED125 #E6DC5A #EEE78F #F6F3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E6DC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#E6DC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DC5A

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DC5A	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dc5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 220, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.150 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e68e',
    500: '#e6dc5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dc5a;
$custom-light: #f1e68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dc5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87838,
    "c": 0.14958,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DC5A

secondary

#3740AD

accent

#1ED610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DC5A

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

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