#E6CF5B#E6CF5B
#E6CF5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.137 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6CF5B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 207, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 74%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 60%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10%, 60.4%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.02, -5.58, 59.15) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.02, 59.41, 95.39°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.18% -0.0195 0.1359) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.18% 0.137 98.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.8366, 62.2065, 18.9087) |
| Luminance | 0.6220 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.39
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.46
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.58
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.84
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.34
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.35
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6CF5B #5B72E6
analogous
#E6895B #E6CF5B #B7E65B
triadic
#E6CF5B #5BE6CF #CF5BE6
tetradic
#E6CF5B #5BE689 #5B72E6 #E65BB7
square
#E6CF5B #5BE689 #5B72E6 #E65BB7
split-complementary
#E6CF5B #5BB7E6 #895BE6
monochromatic
#AC941A #DEBF26 #E6CF5B #EEDF90 #F6EEC5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.56
#E6CF5B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.44
#E6CF5B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6CF5B
13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6CF5B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6CF5B | 1.00 | 1.56 | 13.44 | 13.44 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.56 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E1CA4E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E8D261
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7C1B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6cf5b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 207, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.137 98.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1dd8e',
500: '#e6cf5b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6cf5b; $custom-light: #f1dd8e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6cf5b",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 207,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.072,
"s": 73.545,
"l": 62.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85176,
"c": 0.13734,
"h": 98.2
},
"luminance": 0.62204
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6CF5B
secondary
#384BAE
accent
#31D610
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F