#E6CE5F#E6CE5F
#E6CE5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.133 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6CE5F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 206, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 73%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 58.7%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.80, -4.79, 57.12) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.80, 57.32, 94.80°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.02% -0.0167 0.1321) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.02% 0.133 97.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.7723, 61.7944, 19.7613) |
| Luminance | 0.6179 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.35
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.51
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.56
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.94
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.97
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.34
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6CE5F #5F77E6
analogous
#E68A5F #E6CE5F #BAE65F
triadic
#E6CE5F #5FE6CE #CE5FE6
tetradic
#E6CE5F #5FE68A #5F77E6 #E65FBA
square
#E6CE5F #5FE68A #5F77E6 #E65FBA
split-complementary
#E6CE5F #5FBAE6 #8A5FE6
monochromatic
#AF951B #DEBE2A #E6CE5F #EEDE94 #F7EEC9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.57
#E6CE5F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.36
#E6CE5F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6CE5F
13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6CE5F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6CE5F | 1.00 | 1.57 | 13.36 | 13.36 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.57 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.36 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.36 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E0C954
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E7D264
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6C0B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CECECE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6ce5f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 206, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.133 97.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1dc90',
500: '#e6ce5f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6ce5f; $custom-light: #f1dc90; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6ce5f",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 206,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 49.333,
"s": 72.973,
"l": 63.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85015,
"c": 0.13318,
"h": 97.2
},
"luminance": 0.61792
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6CE5F
secondary
#394EB0
accent
#33D510
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F