#E6D06A#E6D06A
#E6D06A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.125 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6D06A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 208, 106) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 71%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 54%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 53.9%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.43, -4.99, 52.76) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.43, 53.00, 95.40°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.55% -0.0161 0.124) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.55% 0.125 97.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.7926, 62.9777, 22.7446) |
| Luminance | 0.6298 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.60
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.08
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.89
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.24
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.24
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.40
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6D06A #6A80E6
analogous
#E6926A #E6D06A #BEE66A
triadic
#E6D06A #6AE6D0 #D06AE6
tetradic
#E6D06A #6AE692 #6A80E6 #E66ABE
square
#E6D06A #6AE692 #6A80E6 #E66ABE
split-complementary
#E6D06A #6ABEE6 #926AE6
monochromatic
#B79C1F #DDBF36 #E6D06A #EFE19E #F8F1D3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.54
#E6D06A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.60
#E6D06A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6D06A
13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6D06A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6D06A | 1.00 | 1.54 | 13.60 | 13.60 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.54 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E1CC60
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E7D36E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6C3B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D0D0D0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6d06a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 208, 106); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.125 97.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0de97',
500: '#e6d06a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6d06a; $custom-light: #f0de97; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6d06a",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 208,
"b": 106
},
"hsl": {
"h": 49.355,
"s": 71.264,
"l": 65.882
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85548,
"c": 0.12499,
"h": 97.4
},
"luminance": 0.62975
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6D06A
secondary
#3D53B7
accent
#34D312
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF5
border
#D6D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F