#E6D061#E6D061
#E6D061 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.133 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6D061 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 208, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 73%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 58%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 57.8%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.34, -5.67, 56.81) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.34, 57.10, 95.70°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.44% -0.019 0.1317) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.44% 0.133 98.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.3489, 62.8003, 20.4078) |
| Luminance | 0.6280 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.28
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.44
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.61
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.94
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.15
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.26
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6D061 #6177E6
analogous
#E68E61 #E6D061 #BAE661
triadic
#E6D061 #61E6D0 #D061E6
tetradic
#E6D061 #61E68E #6177E6 #E661BA
square
#E6D061 #61E68E #6177E6 #E661BA
split-complementary
#E6D061 #61BAE6 #8E61E6
monochromatic
#B1981C #DEC02C #E6D061 #EEE096 #F7EFCB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.55
#E6D061 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.56
#E6D061 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6D061
13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6D061 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6D061 | 1.00 | 1.55 | 13.56 | 13.56 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.55 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.56 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.56 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E2CB56
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E8D366
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6C3B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D0D0D0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6d061; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 208, 97); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.133 98.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1de91',
500: '#e6d061',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6d061; $custom-light: #f1de91; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6d061",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 208,
"b": 97
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.075,
"s": 72.678,
"l": 64.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85443,
"c": 0.13308,
"h": 98.2
},
"luminance": 0.62798
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6D061
secondary
#3A4EB1
accent
#31D511
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F