#E6D245#E6D245
#E6D245 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.156 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6D245 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 210, 69) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 76%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(53, 70%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 70%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.63, -8.37, 68.78) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.63, 69.29, 96.94°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.6% -0.0299 0.153) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.6% 0.156 101) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.7564, 63.3484, 14.8669) |
| Luminance | 0.6335 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.65
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 4.17
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.58
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.62
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.67
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.81
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6D245 #4559E6
analogous
#E68145 #E6D245 #A9E645
triadic
#E6D245 #45E6D2 #D245E6
tetradic
#E6D245 #45E681 #4559E6 #E645A9
square
#E6D245 #45E681 #4559E6 #E645A9
split-complementary
#E6D245 #45A9E6 #8145E6
monochromatic
#9C8B15 #D2BB1C #E6D245 #EDDF7B #F5ECB1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.54
#E6D245 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.67
#E6D245 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6D245
13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6D245 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6D245 | 1.00 | 1.54 | 13.67 | 13.67 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.54 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.67 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.67 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E5CC2F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EBD44E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7C3B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D0D0D0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6d245; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 210, 69); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.156 101.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2df81',
500: '#e6d245',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6d245; $custom-light: #f2df81; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6d245",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 210,
"b": 69
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52.547,
"s": 76.303,
"l": 58.627
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85599,
"c": 0.15587,
"h": 101
},
"luminance": 0.63346
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6D245
secondary
#303E9F
accent
#4DF335
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFCF2
border
#D7D5CC
text
#17150B
muted
#85847E