#E6D36E#E6D36E
#E6D36E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.124 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6D36E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 211, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 71%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 52%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 52.2%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.25, -6.19, 51.84) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.25, 52.21, 96.81°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.21% -0.0191 0.1223) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.21% 0.124 98.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.7438, 64.5396, 24.1119) |
| Luminance | 0.6454 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.29
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.54
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.89
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.30
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.47
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.52
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6D36E #6E81E6
analogous
#E6976E #E6D36E #BDE66E
triadic
#E6D36E #6EE6D3 #D36EE6
tetradic
#E6D36E #6EE697 #6E81E6 #E66EBD
square
#E6D36E #6EE697 #6E81E6 #E66EBD
split-complementary
#E6D36E #6EBDE6 #976EE6
monochromatic
#BAA120 #DDC33A #E6D36E #EFE3A2 #F8F3D6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.51
#E6D36E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.91
#E6D36E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6D36E
13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6D36E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6D36E | 1.00 | 1.51 | 13.91 | 13.91 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.51 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.91 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.91 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E4CE65
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9D572
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5C6BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6d36e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 211, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.124 98.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0e09a',
500: '#e6d36e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6d36e; $custom-light: #f0e09a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6d36e",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 211,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.5,
"s": 70.588,
"l": 66.667
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86208,
"c": 0.1238,
"h": 98.9
},
"luminance": 0.64537
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6D36E
secondary
#3F52B9
accent
#31D313
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF5
border
#D6D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F