#E6CE58#E6CE58
#E6CE58 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.139 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6CE58 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 206, 88) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 74%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 62%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 61.7%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.74, -5.27, 60.15) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.74, 60.38, 95.01°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.94% -0.0189 0.1377) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.94% 0.139 97.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.4683, 61.6728, 18.1603) |
| Luminance | 0.6167 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.34
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.38
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.59
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.15
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.31
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.43
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6CE58 #5870E6
analogous
#E68758 #E6CE58 #B7E658
triadic
#E6CE58 #58E6CE #CE58E6
tetradic
#E6CE58 #58E687 #5870E6 #E658B7
square
#E6CE58 #58E687 #5870E6 #E658B7
split-complementary
#E6CE58 #58B7E6 #8758E6
monochromatic
#AA9219 #DEBE23 #E6CE58 #EEDE8D #F6EDC2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.57
#E6CE58 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.33
#E6CE58 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6CE58
13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6CE58 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6CE58 | 1.00 | 1.57 | 13.33 | 13.33 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.57 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E1C94B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E7D25E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7C0B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CECECE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6ce58; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 206, 88); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.139 97.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1dc8c',
500: '#e6ce58',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6ce58; $custom-light: #f1dc8c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6ce58",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 206,
"b": 88
},
"hsl": {
"h": 49.859,
"s": 73.958,
"l": 62.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84943,
"c": 0.13898,
"h": 97.8
},
"luminance": 0.6167
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6CE58
secondary
#374AAC
accent
#31D60F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F