#E6DC5F#E6DC5F

#E6DC5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.146 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DC5F
RGB	rgb(230, 220, 95)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 58.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.42, -11.86, 61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.42, 62.30, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(87.89% -0.037 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(87.89% 0.146 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.2939, 68.8377, 20.9352)
Luminance	0.6884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DC5F #5F69E6

analogous

#E6985F #E6DC5F #ACE65F

triadic

#E6DC5F #5FE6DC #DC5FE6

tetradic

#E6DC5F #5FE698 #5F69E6 #E65FAC

square

#E6DC5F #5FE698 #5F69E6 #E65FAC

split-complementary

#E6DC5F #5FACE6 #985FE6

monochromatic

#AFA41B #DED02A #E6DC5F #EEE894 #F7F3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E6DC5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#E6DC5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DC5F

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DC5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DC5F	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dc5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 220, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.146 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e691',
    500: '#e6dc5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dc5f;
$custom-light: #f1e691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dc5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87887,
    "c": 0.14553,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DC5F

secondary

#3942B0

accent

#1FD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DC5F

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

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