#E6DC6A#E6DC6A

#E6DC6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.136 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DC6A
RGB	rgb(230, 220, 106)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 53.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.53, -11.05, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.53, 57.44, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(88.01% -0.0335 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(88.01% 0.136 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.8297, 69.0520, 23.7570)
Luminance	0.6905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DC6A #6A74E6

analogous

#E69E6A #E6DC6A #B2E66A

triadic

#E6DC6A #6AE6DC #DC6AE6

tetradic

#E6DC6A #6AE69E #6A74E6 #E66AB2

square

#E6DC6A #6AE69E #6A74E6 #E66AB2

split-complementary

#E6DC6A #6AB2E6 #9E6AE6

monochromatic

#B7AB1F #DDD036 #E6DC6A #EFE89E #F8F5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E6DC6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#E6DC6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DC6A

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DC6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DC6A	1.00	1.42	14.81	14.81
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD55F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dc6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 220, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.136 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e698',
    500: '#e6dc6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dc6a;
$custom-light: #f0e698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dc6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.161,
    "s": 71.264,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88006,
    "c": 0.13595,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DC6A

secondary

#3D47B7

accent

#22D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DC6A

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

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