#E6E9CD#E6E9CD

#E6E9CD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.037 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E9CD
RGB	rgb(230, 233, 205)
HSL	hsl(66, 39%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(66, 12%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 12%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.46, -5.75, 13.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.46, 14.47, 113.42°)
OKLab	oklab(92.43% -0.014 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(92.43% 0.037 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(72.7902, 79.5089, 69.2579)
Luminance	0.7951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E9CD #D0CDE9

analogous

#E9DECD #E6E9CD #D8E9CD

triadic

#E6E9CD #CDE6E9 #E9CDE6

tetradic

#E6E9CD #CDE9DE #D0CDE9 #E9CDD8

square

#E6E9CD #CDE9DE #D0CDE9 #E9CDD8

split-complementary

#E6E9CD #CDD8E9 #DECDE9

monochromatic

#BBC478 #D1D6A2 #E6E9CD #F4F6EA #F4F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#E6E9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.90

#E6E9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E9CD

16.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E9CD	1.00	1.24	16.90	16.90
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEE6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEE7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAE5E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 233, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.037 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eef0dc',
    500: '#e6e9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e9cd;
$custom-light: #eef0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.429,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 85.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92434,
    "c": 0.03718,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E9CD

secondary

#9C97C3

accent

#34B241

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFC

border

#D6D6D5

text

#161615

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E9CD

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

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