#E6D05E#E6D05E
#E6D05E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.136 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6D05E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 208, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 73%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 59.1%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.31, -5.88, 58.13) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.31, 58.43, 95.78°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.41% -0.02 0.1342) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.41% 0.136 98.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.2116, 62.7454, 19.6850) |
| Luminance | 0.6274 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.24
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.55
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.59
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.85
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.28
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.31
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6D05E #5E74E6
analogous
#E68C5E #E6D05E #B8E65E
triadic
#E6D05E #5EE6D0 #D05EE6
tetradic
#E6D05E #5EE68C #5E74E6 #E65EB8
square
#E6D05E #5EE68C #5E74E6 #E65EB8
split-complementary
#E6D05E #5EB8E6 #8C5EE6
monochromatic
#AF971B #DEC129 #E6D05E #EEDF93 #F6EFC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.55
#E6D05E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.55
#E6D05E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6D05E
13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6D05E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6D05E | 1.00 | 1.55 | 13.55 | 13.55 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.55 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.55 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.55 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E2CB52
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E8D364
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6C2B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D0D0D0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6d05e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 208, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.136 98.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1de90',
500: '#e6d05e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6d05e; $custom-light: #f1de90; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6d05e",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 208,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.294,
"s": 73.118,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85411,
"c": 0.13565,
"h": 98.5
},
"luminance": 0.62743
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6D05E
secondary
#394CB0
accent
#30D510
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F