#E6DC79#E6DC79

#E6DC79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.122 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DC79
RGB	rgb(230, 220, 121)
HSL	hsl(54, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(54, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 47.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.70, -9.78, 49.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.70, 50.49, 101.17°)
OKLab	oklab(88.19% -0.0283 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(88.19% 0.122 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.6791, 69.3917, 28.2304)
Luminance	0.6939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DC79 #7983E6

analogous

#E6A679 #E6DC79 #BAE679

triadic

#E6DC79 #79E6DC #DC79E6

tetradic

#E6DC79 #79E6A6 #7983E6 #E679BA

square

#E6DC79 #79E6A6 #7983E6 #E679BA

split-complementary

#E6DC79 #79BAE6 #A679E6

monochromatic

#C1B224 #DCCF45 #E6DC79 #F0E9AD #F9F7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E6DC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#E6DC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DC79

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DC79	1.00	1.41	14.88	14.88
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 220, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.122 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e6a2',
    500: '#e6dc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dc79;
$custom-light: #f0e6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.495,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88193,
    "c": 0.12152,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DC79

secondary

#4550BE

accent

#26D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DC79

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

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