#E6D072#E6D072
#E6D072 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.117 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6D072 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 208, 114) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 70%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 50%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 50.4%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.52, -4.32, 49.06) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.52, 49.25, 95.03°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.65% -0.0133 0.1166) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.65% 0.117 96.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.2282, 63.1520, 25.0387) |
| Luminance | 0.6315 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 2.14
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.37
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 3.97
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.43
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.80
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.07
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6D072 #7288E6
analogous
#E69672 #E6D072 #C2E672
triadic
#E6D072 #72E6D0 #D072E6
tetradic
#E6D072 #72E696 #7288E6 #E672C2
square
#E6D072 #72E696 #7288E6 #E672C2
split-complementary
#E6D072 #72C2E6 #9672E6
monochromatic
#BC9F21 #DDBF3E #E6D072 #EFE1A6 #F8F3DA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.54
#E6D072 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.63
#E6D072 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6D072
13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6D072 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6D072 | 1.00 | 1.54 | 13.63 | 13.63 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.54 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E1CC6A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E6D376
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5C4BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D0D0D0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6d072; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 208, 114); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.117 96.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0de9c',
500: '#e6d072',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6d072; $custom-light: #f0de9c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6d072",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 208,
"b": 114
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.621,
"s": 69.88,
"l": 67.451
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8565,
"c": 0.11733,
"h": 96.5
},
"luminance": 0.6315
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6D072
secondary
#4058BC
accent
#38D214
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF5
border
#D6D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F