#E6C754#E6C754
#E6C754 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.137 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6C754 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 199, 84) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 74%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 63%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 63.5%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.91, -1.93, 59.90) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.91, 59.93, 91.85°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.49% -0.0098 0.1366) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.49% 0.137 94.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.6593, 58.3128, 16.7622) |
| Luminance | 0.5831 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.77
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.50
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.60
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.12
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 5.34
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.36
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6C754 #5473E6
analogous
#E67E54 #E6C754 #BCE654
triadic
#E6C754 #54E6C7 #C754E6
tetradic
#E6C754 #54E67E #5473E6 #E654BC
square
#E6C754 #54E67E #5473E6 #E654BC
split-complementary
#E6C754 #54BCE6 #7E54E6
monochromatic
#A78918 #DDB520 #E6C754 #EED889 #F6EABF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.66
#E6C754 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.66
#E6C754 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6C754
12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6C754 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6C754 | 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)
#DAC347
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E2CD5A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7B9AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6c754; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 199, 84); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.137 94.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1d789',
500: '#e6c754',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6c754; $custom-light: #f1d789; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6c754",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 199,
"b": 84
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.26,
"s": 74.49,
"l": 61.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83486,
"c": 0.13694,
"h": 94.1
},
"luminance": 0.5831
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6C754
secondary
#354EA9
accent
#39D70F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F