#E6BF46#E6BF46
#E6BF46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.142 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6BF46 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 191, 70) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 76%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 70%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17%, 69.6%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.77, 1.42, 63.52) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.77, 63.54, 88.72°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.76% -0.0018 0.142) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.76% 0.142 90.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.3723, 54.5299, 13.5600) |
| Luminance | 0.5453 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.16
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.11
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.19
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 4.92
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 4.93
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.29
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6BF46 #466DE6
analogous
#E66F46 #E6BF46 #BDE646
triadic
#E6BF46 #46E6BF #BF46E6
tetradic
#E6BF46 #46E66F #466DE6 #E646BD
square
#E6BF46 #46E66F #466DE6 #E646BD
split-complementary
#E6BF46 #46BDE6 #6F46E6
monochromatic
#9C7B15 #D2A61C #E6BF46 #EDD27C #F5E4B2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.76
#E6BF46 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.91
#E6BF46 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6BF46
11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6BF46 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6BF46 | 1.00 | 1.76 | 11.91 | 11.91 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.76 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.91 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.91 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D4BD36
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DDC84C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8B0A6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6bf46; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 191, 70); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.142 90.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d180',
500: '#e6bf46',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6bf46; $custom-light: #f2d180; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6bf46",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 191,
"b": 70
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.375,
"s": 76.19,
"l": 58.824
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81758,
"c": 0.14203,
"h": 90.7
},
"luminance": 0.54527
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6BF46
secondary
#314CA0
accent
#63F335
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E