#E6CE4F#E6CE4F
#E6CE4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.146 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6CE4F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 206, 79) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 75%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 66%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 65.7%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.66, -5.82, 63.88) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.66, 64.14, 95.20°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.86% -0.0215 0.1443) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.86% 0.146 98.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.1182, 61.5327, 16.3167) |
| Luminance | 0.6153 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.39
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.42
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.65
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.25
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.58
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.73
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6CE4F #4F67E6
analogous
#E6834F #E6CE4F #B2E64F
triadic
#E6CE4F #4FE6CE #CE4FE6
tetradic
#E6CE4F #4FE683 #4F67E6 #E64FB2
square
#E6CE4F #4FE683 #4F67E6 #E64FB2
split-complementary
#E6CE4F #4FB2E6 #834FE6
monochromatic
#A38D17 #D9BB1F #E6CE4F #EEDD85 #F5ECBA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.58
#E6CE4F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.31
#E6CE4F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6CE4F
13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6CE4F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6CE4F | 1.00 | 1.58 | 13.31 | 13.31 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.58 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.31 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.31 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E1C93F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E8D156
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7BFB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CECECE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6ce4f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 206, 79); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.146 98.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1dc86',
500: '#e6ce4f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6ce4f; $custom-light: #f1dc86; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6ce4f",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 206,
"b": 79
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.464,
"s": 75.124,
"l": 60.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84859,
"c": 0.14586,
"h": 98.5
},
"luminance": 0.6153
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6CE4F
secondary
#3346A6
accent
#2ED70E
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF3
border
#D7D4CD
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F