#E6C75E#E6C75E
#E6C75E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.129 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6C75E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 199, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 73%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 59.1%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.01, -1.27, 55.54) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.01, 55.55, 91.31°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.59% -0.0067 0.1286) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.59% 0.129 93) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.0793, 58.4808, 18.9742) |
| Luminance | 0.5848 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.32
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.50
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.70
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.90
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.38
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.41
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6C75E #5E7DE6
analogous
#E6835E #E6C75E #C1E65E
triadic
#E6C75E #5EE6C7 #C75EE6
tetradic
#E6C75E #5EE683 #5E7DE6 #E65EC1
square
#E6C75E #5EE683 #5E7DE6 #E65EC1
split-complementary
#E6C75E #5EC1E6 #835EE6
monochromatic
#AF8D1B #DEB529 #E6C75E #EED993 #F6ECC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.65
#E6C75E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.70
#E6C75E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6C75E
12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6C75E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6C75E | 1.00 | 1.65 | 12.70 | 12.70 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.65 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.70 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.70 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC453
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1CD63
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7B9B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6c75e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 199, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.129 93.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1d78f',
500: '#e6c75e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6c75e; $custom-light: #f1d78f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6c75e",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 199,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.324,
"s": 73.118,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83589,
"c": 0.12879,
"h": 93
},
"luminance": 0.58478
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6C75E
secondary
#3954B0
accent
#3DD510
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F