#E6C95A#E6C95A
#E6C95A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.134 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6C95A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 201, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 74%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 61%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 60.9%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.48, -2.57, 57.88) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.48, 57.93, 92.55°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.95% -0.0109 0.1331) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.95% 0.134 94.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.3677, 59.3372, 18.2077) |
| Luminance | 0.5933 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.91
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.30
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.97
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.64
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.93
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.96
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6C95A #5A77E6
analogous
#E6835A #E6C95A #BDE65A
triadic
#E6C95A #5AE6C9 #C95AE6
tetradic
#E6C95A #5AE683 #5A77E6 #E65ABD
square
#E6C95A #5AE683 #5A77E6 #E65ABD
split-complementary
#E6C95A #5ABDE6 #835AE6
monochromatic
#AC8D1A #DEB825 #E6C95A #EEDA8F #F6ECC4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.63
#E6C95A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.87
#E6C95A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6C95A
12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6C95A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6C95A | 1.00 | 1.63 | 12.87 | 12.87 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.63 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.87 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.87 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DCC54E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3CE5F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7BBB1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CACACA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6c95a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 201, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.134 94.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1d98d',
500: '#e6c95a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6c95a; $custom-light: #f1d98d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6c95a",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 201,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.571,
"s": 73.684,
"l": 62.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83949,
"c": 0.13356,
"h": 94.7
},
"luminance": 0.59334
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6C95A
secondary
#3750AD
accent
#39D610
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F