#E6CB5C#E6CB5C
#E6CB5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.133 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6CB5C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 203, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 73%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 60%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 60%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.01, -3.47, 57.57) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.01, 57.68, 93.45°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.38% -0.0133 0.1327) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.38% 0.133 95.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.9232, 60.3102, 18.8185) |
| Luminance | 0.6031 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.05
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.21
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.89
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.16
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.64
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.70
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6CB5C #5C77E6
analogous
#E6865C #E6CB5C #BCE65C
triadic
#E6CB5C #5CE6CB #CB5CE6
tetradic
#E6CB5C #5CE686 #5C77E6 #E65CBC
square
#E6CB5C #5CE686 #5C77E6 #E65CBC
split-complementary
#E6CB5C #5CBCE6 #865CE6
monochromatic
#AD901B #DEBA27 #E6CB5C #EEDC91 #F6EDC6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.61
#E6CB5C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.06
#E6CB5C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6CB5C
13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6CB5C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6CB5C | 1.00 | 1.61 | 13.06 | 13.06 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.61 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.06 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.06 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DEC750
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5D061
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7BDB3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6cb5c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 203, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.133 95.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1da8e',
500: '#e6cb5c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6cb5c; $custom-light: #f1da8e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6cb5c",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 203,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.261,
"s": 73.404,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84375,
"c": 0.13338,
"h": 95.7
},
"luminance": 0.60308
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6CB5C
secondary
#384FAE
accent
#37D610
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F