#E6CA6C#E6CA6C
#E6CA6C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.118 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6CA6C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 202, 108) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 71%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 53%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 53%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.92, -1.75, 50.03) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.92, 50.06, 92.00°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.36% -0.0065 0.1182) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.36% 0.118 93.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.4625, 60.1493, 22.8203) |
| Luminance | 0.6015 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 1.80
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.84
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.18
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.38
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.51
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.32
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6CA6C #6C88E6
analogous
#E68D6C #E6CA6C #C5E66C
triadic
#E6CA6C #6CE6CA #CA6CE6
tetradic
#E6CA6C #6CE68D #6C88E6 #E66CC5
square
#E6CA6C #6CE68D #6C88E6 #E66CC5
split-complementary
#E6CA6C #6CC5E6 #8D6CE6
monochromatic
#B8951F #DDB738 #E6CA6C #EFDDA0 #F8F0D5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.61
#E6CA6C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.03
#E6CA6C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6CA6C
13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6CA6C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6CA6C | 1.00 | 1.61 | 13.03 | 13.03 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.61 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.03 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.03 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DBC764
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3CF70
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6BDB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6ca6c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 202, 108); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.118 93.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0d998',
500: '#e6ca6c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6ca6c; $custom-light: #f0d998; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6ca6c",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 202,
"b": 108
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.23,
"s": 70.93,
"l": 66.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8436,
"c": 0.11836,
"h": 93.1
},
"luminance": 0.60147
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6CA6C
secondary
#3E5AB8
accent
#3FD313
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF5
border
#D6D4CF
text
#17140E
muted
#85837F