#E6D26C#E6D26C
#E6D26C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.125 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6D26C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 210, 108) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 71%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 53%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 53%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.97, -5.85, 52.45) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.97, 52.78, 96.36°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.98% -0.0183 0.1235) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.98% 0.125 98.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.3885, 64.0012, 23.4623) |
| Luminance | 0.6400 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.39
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.43
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.90
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.22
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.29
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.43
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6D26C #6C80E6
analogous
#E6956C #E6D26C #BDE66C
triadic
#E6D26C #6CE6D2 #D26CE6
tetradic
#E6D26C #6CE695 #6C80E6 #E66CBD
square
#E6D26C #6CE695 #6C80E6 #E66CBD
split-complementary
#E6D26C #6CBDE6 #956CE6
monochromatic
#B89F1F #DDC238 #E6D26C #EFE2A0 #F8F2D5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.52
#E6D26C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.80
#E6D26C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6D26C
13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6D26C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6D26C | 1.00 | 1.52 | 13.80 | 13.80 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.52 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.80 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.80 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E3CD63
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9D571
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5C5BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D1D1D1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6d26c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 210, 108); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.125 98.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0df99',
500: '#e6d26c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6d26c; $custom-light: #f0df99; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6d26c",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 210,
"b": 108
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.164,
"s": 70.93,
"l": 66.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85979,
"c": 0.12482,
"h": 98.4
},
"luminance": 0.63999
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6D26C
secondary
#3E52B8
accent
#32D313
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF5
border
#D6D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F