#E6DE4F#E6DE4F

#E6DE4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.160 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DE4F
RGB	rgb(230, 222, 79)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 65.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.82, -13.86, 68.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.82, 69.58, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(88.16% -0.0443 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(88.16% 0.16 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.1679, 69.6321, 17.6666)
Luminance	0.6963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DE4F #4F57E6

analogous

#E6924F #E6DE4F #A2E64F

triadic

#E6DE4F #4FE6DE #DE4FE6

tetradic

#E6DE4F #4FE692 #4F57E6 #E64FA2

square

#E6DE4F #4FE692 #4F57E6 #E64FA2

split-complementary

#E6DE4F #4FA2E6 #924FE6

monochromatic

#A39C17 #D9CF1F #E6DE4F #EEE885 #F5F2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E6DE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.93

#E6DE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DE4F

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DE4F	1.00	1.41	14.93	14.93
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6de4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 222, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.160 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e888',
    500: '#e6de4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6de4f;
$custom-light: #f1e888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6de4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.821,
    "s": 75.124,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88158,
    "c": 0.15965,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DE4F

secondary

#333AA6

accent

#19D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DE4F

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

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