#E6DE5A#E6DE5A

#E6DE5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.151 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DE5A
RGB	rgb(230, 222, 90)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 60.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.90, -13.19, 63.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.90, 65.17, 101.68°)
OKLab	oklab(88.25% -0.0413 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(88.25% 0.151 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.6019, 69.8058, 19.9525)
Luminance	0.6980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DE5A #5A62E6

analogous

#E6985A #E6DE5A #A8E65A

triadic

#E6DE5A #5AE6DE #DE5AE6

tetradic

#E6DE5A #5AE698 #5A62E6 #E65AA8

square

#E6DE5A #5AE698 #5A62E6 #E65AA8

split-complementary

#E6DE5A #5AA8E6 #985AE6

monochromatic

#ACA31A #DED325 #E6DE5A #EEE98F #F6F3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E6DE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#E6DE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DE5A

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DE5A	1.00	1.40	14.96	14.96
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6de5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 222, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.151 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e88e',
    500: '#e6de5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6de5a;
$custom-light: #f1e88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6de5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88253,
    "c": 0.15149,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DE5A

secondary

#373EAD

accent

#1BD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DE5A

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

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