#E6CB5E#E6CB5E
#E6CB5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.132 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6CB5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 203, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 73%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 59.1%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.03, -3.33, 56.69) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.03, 56.79, 93.36°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.4% -0.0126 0.1311) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.4% 0.132 95.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.0118, 60.3457, 19.2850) |
| Luminance | 0.6034 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.15
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.25
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.64
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.03
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.65
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.79
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6CB5E #5E79E6
analogous
#E6875E #E6CB5E #BDE65E
triadic
#E6CB5E #5EE6CB #CB5EE6
tetradic
#E6CB5E #5EE687 #5E79E6 #E65EBD
square
#E6CB5E #5EE687 #5E79E6 #E65EBD
split-complementary
#E6CB5E #5EBDE6 #875EE6
monochromatic
#AF911B #DEBA29 #E6CB5E #EEDC93 #F6EDC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.61
#E6CB5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.07
#E6CB5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6CB5E
13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6CB5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6CB5E | 1.00 | 1.61 | 13.07 | 13.07 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.61 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.07 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.07 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DDC753
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4D063
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7BDB3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6cb5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 203, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.132 95.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1da8f',
500: '#e6cb5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6cb5e; $custom-light: #f1da8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6cb5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 203,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.088,
"s": 73.118,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84396,
"c": 0.1317,
"h": 95.5
},
"luminance": 0.60343
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6CB5E
secondary
#3950B0
accent
#37D510
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F