#E6DC6D#E6DC6D

#E6DC6D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.133 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DC6D
RGB	rgb(230, 220, 109)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 52.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.56, -10.81, 55.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.56, 56.08, 101.12°)
OKLab	oklab(88.04% -0.0325 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(88.04% 0.133 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.9884, 69.1155, 24.5930)
Luminance	0.6911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DC6D #6D77E6

analogous

#E6A06D #E6DC6D #B4E66D

triadic

#E6DC6D #6DE6DC #DC6DE6

tetradic

#E6DC6D #6DE6A0 #6D77E6 #E66DB4

square

#E6DC6D #6DE6A0 #6D77E6 #E66DB4

split-complementary

#E6DC6D #6DB4E6 #A06DE6

monochromatic

#B9AC20 #DDCF39 #E6DC6D #EFE9A1 #F8F5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E6DC6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#E6DC6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DC6D

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DC6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DC6D	1.00	1.42	14.82	14.82
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD562

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dc6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 220, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.133 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e69a',
    500: '#e6dc6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dc6d;
$custom-light: #f0e69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dc6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.041,
    "s": 70.76,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88041,
    "c": 0.13318,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DC6D

secondary

#3E48B9

accent

#23D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DC6D

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

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