#E6CA69#E6CA69
#E6CA69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.121 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6CA69 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 202, 105) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 71%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 54%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 54.3%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.89, -1.99, 51.42) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.89, 51.46, 92.22°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.32% -0.0075 0.1209) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.32% 0.121 93.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.3056, 60.0866, 21.9939) |
| Luminance | 0.6008 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 2.17
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.84
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.91
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.05
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.56
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.14
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6CA69 #6985E6
analogous
#E68B69 #E6CA69 #C3E669
triadic
#E6CA69 #69E6CA #CA69E6
tetradic
#E6CA69 #69E68B #6985E6 #E669C3
square
#E6CA69 #69E68B #6985E6 #E669C3
split-complementary
#E6CA69 #69C3E6 #8B69E6
monochromatic
#B6941E #DDB735 #E6CA69 #EFDD9D #F7EFD2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.61
#E6CA69 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.02
#E6CA69 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6CA69
13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6CA69 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6CA69 | 1.00 | 1.61 | 13.02 | 13.02 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.61 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.02 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.02 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DCC760
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3CF6D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6BDB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6ca69; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 202, 105); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.121 93.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0d996',
500: '#e6ca69',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6ca69; $custom-light: #f0d996; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6ca69",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 202,
"b": 105
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.56,
"s": 71.429,
"l": 65.686
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84322,
"c": 0.12116,
"h": 93.6
},
"luminance": 0.60084
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6CA69
secondary
#3D58B6
accent
#3DD312
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF5
border
#D6D4CF
text
#17140E
muted
#85837F