#E6DE8A#E6DE8A

#E6DE8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.106 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DE8A
RGB	rgb(230, 222, 138)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 40%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.44, -9.11, 42.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.44, 43.11, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(88.85% -0.0248 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(88.85% 0.106 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.3430, 70.9022, 34.3886)
Luminance	0.7090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DE8A #8A92E6

analogous

#E6B08A #E6DE8A #C0E68A

triadic

#E6DE8A #8AE6DE #DE8AE6

tetradic

#E6DE8A #8AE6B0 #8A92E6 #E68AC0

square

#E6DE8A #8AE6B0 #8A92E6 #E68AC0

split-complementary

#E6DE8A #8AC0E6 #B08AE6

monochromatic

#CABD2B #DBD058 #E6DE8A #F1ECBC #FAF8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E6DE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#E6DE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DE8A

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DE8A	1.00	1.38	15.18	15.18
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDD8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6de8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 222, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.106 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe8ad',
    500: '#e6de8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6de8a;
$custom-light: #efe8ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6de8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 64.789,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88853,
    "c": 0.10564,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DE8A

secondary

#555EBF

accent

#29CD19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DE8A

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

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