#E6C348#E6C348
#E6C348 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.143 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6C348 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 195, 72) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 76%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 69%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 68.7%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.80, -0.55, 63.76) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.80, 63.76, 90.49°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.58% -0.0072 0.1429) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.58% 0.143 92.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.3207, 56.3241, 14.1928) |
| Luminance | 0.5632 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.17
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.98
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.34
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.71
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 4.86
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 5.57
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6C348 #486BE6
analogous
#E67448 #E6C348 #BAE648
triadic
#E6C348 #48E6C3 #C348E6
tetradic
#E6C348 #48E674 #486BE6 #E648BA
square
#E6C348 #48E674 #486BE6 #E648BA
split-complementary
#E6C348 #48BAE6 #7448E6
monochromatic
#9E8016 #D4AB1D #E6C348 #EDD57E #F5E6B4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.71
#E6C348 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.26
#E6C348 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6C348
12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6C348 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6C348 | 1.00 | 1.71 | 12.26 | 12.26 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.71 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.26 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.26 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D7C037
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0CA4E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8B4AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6c348; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 195, 72); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.143 92.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d481',
500: '#e6c348',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6c348; $custom-light: #f2d481; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6c348",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 195,
"b": 72
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.709,
"s": 75.962,
"l": 59.216
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82575,
"c": 0.14306,
"h": 92.9
},
"luminance": 0.56321
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6C348
secondary
#314AA1
accent
#5FF335
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E