#E6BF44#E6BF44
#E6BF44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.143 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6BF44 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 191, 68) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 76%, 58%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 70%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17%, 70.4%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.76, 1.32, 64.30) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.76, 64.32, 88.82°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.74% -0.0023 0.1433) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.74% 0.143 90.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.3102, 54.5051, 13.2330) |
| Luminance | 0.5450 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.07
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.03
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.10
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 4.77
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 4.80
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.31
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6BF44 #446BE6
analogous
#E66E44 #E6BF44 #BCE644
triadic
#E6BF44 #44E6BF #BF44E6
tetradic
#E6BF44 #44E66E #446BE6 #E644BC
square
#E6BF44 #44E66E #446BE6 #E644BC
split-complementary
#E6BF44 #44BCE6 #6E44E6
monochromatic
#9B7B15 #D1A51C #E6BF44 #EDD17A #F4E4B0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.76
#E6BF44 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.90
#E6BF44 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6BF44
11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6BF44 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6BF44 | 1.00 | 1.76 | 11.90 | 11.90 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.76 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.90 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.90 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D4BD33
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DDC84A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9B0A6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6bf44; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 191, 68); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.143 90.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d17f',
500: '#e6bf44',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6bf44; $custom-light: #f2d17f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6bf44",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 191,
"b": 68
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.556,
"s": 76.415,
"l": 58.431
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81743,
"c": 0.14335,
"h": 90.9
},
"luminance": 0.54502
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6BF44
secondary
#304B9E
accent
#63F335
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#18140A
muted
#86837D