#E6C14C#E6C14C
#E6C14C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.139 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6C14C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 193, 76) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 75%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 67%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 67%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.32, 0.70, 61.62) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.32, 61.63, 89.35°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.21% -0.0032 0.139) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.21% 0.139 91.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.0103, 55.4878, 14.7541) |
| Luminance | 0.5548 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.67
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.74
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.75
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.77
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.26
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 5.52
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6C14C #4C71E6
analogous
#E6744C #E6C14C #BEE64C
triadic
#E6C14C #4CE6C1 #C14CE6
tetradic
#E6C14C #4CE674 #4C71E6 #E64CBE
square
#E6C14C #4CE674 #4C71E6 #E64CBE
split-complementary
#E6C14C #4CBEE6 #744CE6
monochromatic
#A18017 #D7AA1E #E6C14C #EDD482 #F5E6B7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.74
#E6C14C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.10
#E6C14C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6C14C
12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6C14C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6C14C | 1.00 | 1.74 | 12.10 | 12.10 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.74 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.10 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.10 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5BE3D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DEC952
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8B2A9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6c14c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 193, 76); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.139 91.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d384',
500: '#e6c14c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6c14c; $custom-light: #f2d384; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6c14c",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 193,
"b": 76
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.584,
"s": 75.49,
"l": 60
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82208,
"c": 0.13906,
"h": 91.3
},
"luminance": 0.55485
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6C14C
secondary
#334EA4
accent
#63F236
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E