#E6C358#E6C358
#E6C358 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.131 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6C358 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 195, 88) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 74%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 62%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 61.7%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.93, 0.39, 57.06) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.93, 57.06, 89.61°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.72% -0.0026 0.1311) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.72% 0.131 91.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.9122, 56.5607, 17.3083) |
| Luminance | 0.5656 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.68
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.40
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.45
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 4.81
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 5.98
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 6.17
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6C358 #587BE6
analogous
#E67C58 #E6C358 #C2E658
triadic
#E6C358 #58E6C3 #C358E6
tetradic
#E6C358 #58E67C #587BE6 #E658C2
square
#E6C358 #58E67C #587BE6 #E658C2
split-complementary
#E6C358 #58C2E6 #7C58E6
monochromatic
#AA8619 #DEB023 #E6C358 #EED68D #F6E9C2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.71
#E6C358 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.31
#E6C358 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6C358
12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6C358 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6C358 | 1.00 | 1.71 | 12.31 | 12.31 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.71 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.31 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.31 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6C04D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DFCA5D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7B5AC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6c358; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 195, 88); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.131 91.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1d48b',
500: '#e6c358',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6c358; $custom-light: #f1d48b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6c358",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 195,
"b": 88
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.211,
"s": 73.958,
"l": 62.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82723,
"c": 0.13113,
"h": 91.1
},
"luminance": 0.56558
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6C358
secondary
#3753AC
accent
#40D60F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F