#E6D36D#E6D36D
#E6D36D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.125 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6D36D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 211, 109) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 71%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 53%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 52.6%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.23, -6.27, 52.30) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.23, 52.67, 96.84°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.2% -0.0194 0.1232) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.2% 0.125 99) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.6897, 64.5179, 23.8268) |
| Luminance | 0.6452 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.35
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.64
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.77
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.35
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.42
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.49
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6D36D #6D80E6
analogous
#E6976D #E6D36D #BCE66D
triadic
#E6D36D #6DE6D3 #D36DE6
tetradic
#E6D36D #6DE697 #6D80E6 #E66DBC
square
#E6D36D #6DE697 #6D80E6 #E66DBC
split-complementary
#E6D36D #6DBCE6 #976DE6
monochromatic
#B9A120 #DDC339 #E6D36D #EFE3A1 #F8F2D6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.51
#E6D36D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.90
#E6D36D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6D36D
13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6D36D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6D36D | 1.00 | 1.51 | 13.90 | 13.90 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.51 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.90 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.90 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E4CE64
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9D572
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5C6BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6d36d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 211, 109); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.125 99.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0e099',
500: '#e6d36d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6d36d; $custom-light: #f0e099; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6d36d",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 211,
"b": 109
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.579,
"s": 70.76,
"l": 66.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86195,
"c": 0.12474,
"h": 99
},
"luminance": 0.64516
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6D36D
secondary
#3E52B9
accent
#31D313
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF5
border
#D6D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F