#E6DC5D#E6DC5D

#E6DC5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.147 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DC5D
RGB	rgb(230, 220, 93)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 59.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.41, -12.00, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.41, 63.15, 100.95°)
OKLab	oklab(87.87% -0.0376 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(87.87% 0.147 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.2042, 68.8018, 20.4626)
Luminance	0.6880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DC5D #5D67E6

analogous

#E6975D #E6DC5D #ACE65D

triadic

#E6DC5D #5DE6DC #DC5DE6

tetradic

#E6DC5D #5DE697 #5D67E6 #E65DAC

square

#E6DC5D #5DE697 #5D67E6 #E65DAC

split-complementary

#E6DC5D #5DACE6 #975DE6

monochromatic

#AEA31B #DED128 #E6DC5D #EEE792 #F6F3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E6DC5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#E6DC5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DC5D

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DC5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DC5D	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)

#EED54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dc5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 220, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.147 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e690',
    500: '#e6dc5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dc5d;
$custom-light: #f1e690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dc5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.62,
    "s": 73.262,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87867,
    "c": 0.14717,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DC5D

secondary

#3841AF

accent

#1FD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DC5D

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

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