#E6CE6B#E6CE6B
#E6CE6B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.122 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6CE6B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 206, 107) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 71%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 53%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 53.5%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.93, -3.89, 51.70) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.93, 51.85, 94.30°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.15% -0.0128 0.1217) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.15% 0.122 96) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.3603, 62.0296, 22.8586) |
| Luminance | 0.6203 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 2.44
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.84
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.83
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.17
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.27
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.59
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6CE6B #6B83E6
analogous
#E6906B #E6CE6B #C0E66B
triadic
#E6CE6B #6BE6CE #CE6BE6
tetradic
#E6CE6B #6BE690 #6B83E6 #E66BC0
square
#E6CE6B #6BE690 #6B83E6 #E66BC0
split-complementary
#E6CE6B #6BC0E6 #906BE6
monochromatic
#B89A1F #DDBD37 #E6CE6B #EFDF9F #F8F1D4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.57
#E6CE6B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.41
#E6CE6B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6CE6B
13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6CE6B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6CE6B | 1.00 | 1.57 | 13.41 | 13.41 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.57 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DFCA62
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E6D26F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6C1B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CECECE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6ce6b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 206, 107); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.122 96.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0dc98',
500: '#e6ce6b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6ce6b; $custom-light: #f0dc98; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6ce6b",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 206,
"b": 107
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.293,
"s": 71.098,
"l": 66.078
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85154,
"c": 0.12241,
"h": 96
},
"luminance": 0.62027
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6CE6B
secondary
#3E55B8
accent
#38D312
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF5
border
#D6D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F