#E6DC62#E6DC62

#E6DC62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.143 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DC62
RGB	rgb(230, 220, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 57.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.45, -11.65, 59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.45, 61.00, 101.01°)
OKLab	oklab(87.92% -0.0361 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(87.92% 0.143 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.4329, 68.8933, 21.6673)
Luminance	0.6889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DC62 #626CE6

analogous

#E69A62 #E6DC62 #AEE662

triadic

#E6DC62 #62E6DC #DC62E6

tetradic

#E6DC62 #62E69A #626CE6 #E662AE

square

#E6DC62 #62E69A #626CE6 #E662AE

split-complementary

#E6DC62 #62AEE6 #9A62E6

monochromatic

#B1A61C #DED02D #E6DC62 #EEE897 #F7F4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E6DC62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.78

#E6DC62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DC62

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DC62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DC62	1.00	1.42	14.78	14.78
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dc62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 220, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.143 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e693',
    500: '#e6dc62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dc62;
$custom-light: #f1e693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dc62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 72.527,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87918,
    "c": 0.14301,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DC62

secondary

#3A43B2

accent

#20D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DC62

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

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