#E6DC61#E6DC61

#E6DC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.144 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DC61
RGB	rgb(230, 220, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.44, -11.72, 60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.44, 61.43, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(87.91% -0.0364 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(87.91% 0.144 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.3860, 68.8745, 21.4202)
Luminance	0.6887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DC61 #616BE6

analogous

#E69A61 #E6DC61 #AEE661

triadic

#E6DC61 #61E6DC #DC61E6

tetradic

#E6DC61 #61E69A #616BE6 #E661AE

square

#E6DC61 #61E69A #616BE6 #E661AE

split-complementary

#E6DC61 #61AEE6 #9A61E6

monochromatic

#B1A51C #DED02C #E6DC61 #EEE896 #F7F3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E6DC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#E6DC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DC61

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DC61	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)

#EDD554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 220, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.144 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e692',
    500: '#e6dc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dc61;
$custom-light: #f1e692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.489,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87908,
    "c": 0.14385,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DC61

secondary

#3A43B1

accent

#1FD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DC61

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

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