#E6D25E#E6D25E
#E6D25E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.137 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6D25E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 210, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 73%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 59.1%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.82, -6.90, 58.71) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.82, 59.11, 96.70°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.82% -0.0229 0.1354) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.82% 0.137 99.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.7023, 63.7267, 19.8486) |
| Luminance | 0.6372 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.65
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.59
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.96
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.12
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.31
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.34
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6D25E #5E72E6
analogous
#E68E5E #E6D25E #B6E65E
triadic
#E6D25E #5EE6D2 #D25EE6
tetradic
#E6D25E #5EE68E #5E72E6 #E65EB6
square
#E6D25E #5EE68E #5E72E6 #E65EB6
split-complementary
#E6D25E #5EB6E6 #8E5EE6
monochromatic
#AF991B #DEC329 #E6D25E #EEE193 #F6F0C8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.53
#E6D25E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.74
#E6D25E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6D25E
13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6D25E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6D25E | 1.00 | 1.53 | 13.74 | 13.74 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.53 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E4CD52
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EAD464
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6C4B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D1D1D1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6d25e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 210, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.137 99.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1df90',
500: '#e6d25e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6d25e; $custom-light: #f1df90; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6d25e",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 210,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.176,
"s": 73.118,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85819,
"c": 0.13732,
"h": 99.6
},
"luminance": 0.63724
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6D25E
secondary
#394AB0
accent
#2DD510
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F