#E6C753#E6C753
#E6C753 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.138 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6C753 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 199, 83) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 75%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 64%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 63.9%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.90, -1.99, 60.32) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.90, 60.36, 91.89°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.48% -0.0101 0.1374) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.48% 0.138 94.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.6204, 58.2972, 16.5574) |
| Luminance | 0.5829 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.74
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.51
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.70
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.10
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 5.30
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.37
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6C753 #5372E6
analogous
#E67E53 #E6C753 #BCE653
triadic
#E6C753 #53E6C7 #C753E6
tetradic
#E6C753 #53E67E #5372E6 #E653BC
square
#E6C753 #53E67E #5372E6 #E653BC
split-complementary
#E6C753 #53BCE6 #7E53E6
monochromatic
#A68818 #DCB420 #E6C753 #EED888 #F6EABE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.66
#E6C753 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.66
#E6C753 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6C753
12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6C753 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6C753 | 1.00 | 1.66 | 12.66 | 12.66 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.66 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.66 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.66 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC346
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E2CD59
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7B9AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6c753; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 199, 83); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.138 94.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1d788',
500: '#e6c753',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6c753; $custom-light: #f1d788; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6c753",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 199,
"b": 83
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.347,
"s": 74.619,
"l": 61.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83476,
"c": 0.13772,
"h": 94.2
},
"luminance": 0.58294
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6C753
secondary
#354DA8
accent
#39D70F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F