#E6CC6E#E6CC6E
#E6CC6E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.118 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6CC6E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 204, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 71%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 52%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 52.2%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.45, -2.61, 49.70) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.45, 49.77, 93.01°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.79% -0.0088 0.1177) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.79% 0.118 94.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.0425, 61.1370, 23.5448) |
| Luminance | 0.6113 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 1.66
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.27
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.14
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.22
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.51
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.05
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6CC6E #6E88E6
analogous
#E6906E #E6CC6E #C4E66E
triadic
#E6CC6E #6EE6CC #CC6EE6
tetradic
#E6CC6E #6EE690 #6E88E6 #E66EC4
square
#E6CC6E #6EE690 #6E88E6 #E66EC4
split-complementary
#E6CC6E #6EC4E6 #906EE6
monochromatic
#BA9820 #DDBA3A #E6CC6E #EFDEA2 #F8F1D6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.59
#E6CC6E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.23
#E6CC6E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6CC6E
13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6CC6E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6CC6E | 1.00 | 1.59 | 13.23 | 13.23 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.59 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.23 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.23 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DDC966
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4D172
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6BFB6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CDCDCD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6cc6e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 204, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.118 94.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0db9a',
500: '#e6cc6e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6cc6e; $custom-light: #f0db9a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6cc6e",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 204,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47,
"s": 70.588,
"l": 66.667
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84788,
"c": 0.11797,
"h": 94.3
},
"luminance": 0.61135
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6CC6E
secondary
#3F59B9
accent
#3CD313
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF5
border
#D6D4CF
text
#17140E
muted
#85837F