#E6DE5F#E6DE5F

#E6DE5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.147 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DE5F
RGB	rgb(230, 222, 95)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 58.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.94, -12.86, 61.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.94, 63.06, 101.77°)
OKLab	oklab(88.3% -0.0398 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(88.3% 0.147 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.8220, 69.8938, 21.1112)
Luminance	0.6989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DE5F #5F67E6

analogous

#E69A5F #E6DE5F #AAE65F

triadic

#E6DE5F #5FE6DE #DE5FE6

tetradic

#E6DE5F #5FE69A #5F67E6 #E65FAA

square

#E6DE5F #5FE69A #5F67E6 #E65FAA

split-complementary

#E6DE5F #5FAAE6 #9A5FE6

monochromatic

#AFA61B #DED32A #E6DE5F #EEE994 #F7F4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E6DE5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.98

#E6DE5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DE5F

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DE5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DE5F	1.00	1.40	14.98	14.98
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6de5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 222, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.147 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e891',
    500: '#e6de5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6de5f;
$custom-light: #f1e891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6de5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.444,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88302,
    "c": 0.14746,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DE5F

secondary

#3940B0

accent

#1CD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DE5F

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

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