#E6C81DLight Yellow

#E6C81D is a light yellow in the Yellow family. In practice it looks like a warm, balanced light butter yellow, and it is also commonly known as Butter Yellow, Lemon Chiffon. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#E6C81D
CSS Namegold (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f7f6ec
100#eeead7
200#e2dab1
300#d1c175
400#bba208
500#a18b00
600#8d7900
700#756400
800#615300
900#534600
950#312900

Accessibility

Contrast on white
1.66:1
Contrast on black
12.64:1
  • AA (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • AA Large (3:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA Large (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • UI components (3:1) on whiteFail

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Complementary palette

Analogous palette

Triadic palette

Copy-ready CSS

brand-scale.css
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.012 97.8); /* #f7f6ec */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.026 97.8); /* #eeead7 */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.054 97.8); /* #e2dab1 */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.098 97.8); /* #d1c175 */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.146 97.8); /* #bba208 */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.132 97.8); /* #a18b00 */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.119 97.8); /* #8d7900 */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.104 97.8); /* #756400 */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.092 97.8); /* #615300 */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.082 97.8); /* #534600 */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.058 97.8); /* #312900 */
}

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