#E6DC8A#E6DC8A

#E6DC8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.104 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DC8A
RGB	rgb(230, 220, 138)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 40%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.92, -8.10, 41.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.92, 42.27, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(88.44% -0.0219 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(88.44% 0.104 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.8149, 69.8461, 34.2126)
Luminance	0.6984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DC8A #8A94E6

analogous

#E6AE8A #E6DC8A #C2E68A

triadic

#E6DC8A #8AE6DC #DC8AE6

tetradic

#E6DC8A #8AE6AE #8A94E6 #E68AC2

square

#E6DC8A #8AE6AE #8A94E6 #E68AC2

split-complementary

#E6DC8A #8AC2E6 #AE8AE6

monochromatic

#CAB92B #DBCD58 #E6DC8A #F1EBBC #FAF7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E6DC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#E6DC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DC8A

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DC8A	1.00	1.40	14.97	14.97
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDC8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 220, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.104 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe6ad',
    500: '#e6dc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dc8a;
$custom-light: #efe6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.478,
    "s": 64.789,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88443,
    "c": 0.10353,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DC8A

secondary

#5561BF

accent

#2CCD19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DC8A

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

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