#E6DC5B#E6DC5B

#E6DC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.149 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DC5B
RGB	rgb(230, 220, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 60.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.39, -12.13, 62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.39, 64.00, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(87.85% -0.0382 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(87.85% 0.149 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.1168, 68.7668, 20.0021)
Luminance	0.6876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DC5B #5B65E6

analogous

#E6965B #E6DC5B #ABE65B

triadic

#E6DC5B #5BE6DC #DC5BE6

tetradic

#E6DC5B #5BE696 #5B65E6 #E65BAB

square

#E6DC5B #5BE696 #5B65E6 #E65BAB

split-complementary

#E6DC5B #5BABE6 #965BE6

monochromatic

#ACA21A #DED126 #E6DC5B #EEE790 #F6F3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E6DC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#E6DC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DC5B

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DC5B	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)

#EED54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 220, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.149 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e68e',
    500: '#e6dc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dc5b;
$custom-light: #f1e68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.683,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87848,
    "c": 0.14879,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DC5B

secondary

#3840AE

accent

#1ED610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DC5B

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

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