#E6DC5C#E6DC5C

#E6DC5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.148 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DC5C
RGB	rgb(230, 220, 92)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 60%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.40, -12.07, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.40, 63.58, 100.94°)
OKLab	oklab(87.86% -0.0379 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(87.86% 0.148 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.1602, 68.7842, 20.2308)
Luminance	0.6878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DC5C #5C66E6

analogous

#E6975C #E6DC5C #ABE65C

triadic

#E6DC5C #5CE6DC #DC5CE6

tetradic

#E6DC5C #5CE697 #5C66E6 #E65CAB

square

#E6DC5C #5CE697 #5C66E6 #E65CAB

split-complementary

#E6DC5C #5CABE6 #975CE6

monochromatic

#ADA21B #DED127 #E6DC5C #EEE791 #F6F3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E6DC5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#E6DC5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DC5C

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DC5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DC5C	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dc5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 220, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.148 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e68f',
    500: '#e6dc5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dc5c;
$custom-light: #f1e68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dc5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 73.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87857,
    "c": 0.14798,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DC5C

secondary

#3841AE

accent

#1ED610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DC5C

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

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