#E6CB65#E6CB65
#E6CB65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.126 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6CB65 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 203, 101) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 72%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 56%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 56.1%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.10, -2.82, 53.55) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.10, 53.63, 93.01°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.48% -0.0104 0.1251) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.48% 0.126 94.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.3402, 60.4770, 21.0150) |
| Luminance | 0.6047 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 2.75
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.53
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.64
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.68
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.58
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.78
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6CB65 #6580E6
analogous
#E68B65 #E6CB65 #C0E665
triadic
#E6CB65 #65E6CB #CB65E6
tetradic
#E6CB65 #65E68B #6580E6 #E665C0
square
#E6CB65 #65E68B #6580E6 #E665C0
split-complementary
#E6CB65 #65C0E6 #8B65E6
monochromatic
#B3941D #DDB930 #E6CB65 #EFDD9A #F7EFCE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.60
#E6CB65 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.09
#E6CB65 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6CB65
13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6CB65 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6CB65 | 1.00 | 1.60 | 13.09 | 13.09 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.60 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DDC75B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4D069
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6BEB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6cb65; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 203, 101); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.126 94.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1da94',
500: '#e6cb65',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6cb65; $custom-light: #f1da94; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6cb65",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 203,
"b": 101
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.442,
"s": 72.067,
"l": 64.902
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84475,
"c": 0.12557,
"h": 94.7
},
"luminance": 0.60474
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6CB65
secondary
#3B55B4
accent
#3AD411
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F