#E6D36F#E6D36F
#E6D36F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.123 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6D36F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 211, 111) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 70%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 52%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 51.7%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.26, -6.11, 51.38) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.26, 51.74, 96.78°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.22% -0.0187 0.1214) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.22% 0.123 98.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.7985, 64.5615, 24.4002) |
| Luminance | 0.6456 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.23
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.44
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.01
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.26
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.52
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.56
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6D36F #6F82E6
analogous
#E6986F #E6D36F #BEE66F
triadic
#E6D36F #6FE6D3 #D36FE6
tetradic
#E6D36F #6FE698 #6F82E6 #E66FBE
square
#E6D36F #6FE698 #6F82E6 #E66FBE
split-complementary
#E6D36F #6FBEE6 #986FE6
monochromatic
#BAA220 #DDC33B #E6D36F #EFE3A3 #F8F3D7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.51
#E6D36F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.91
#E6D36F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6D36F
13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6D36F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6D36F | 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)
#E4CE66
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9D573
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5C6BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6d36f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 211, 111); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.123 98.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0e09b',
500: '#e6d36f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6d36f; $custom-light: #f0e09b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6d36f",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 211,
"b": 111
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.42,
"s": 70.414,
"l": 66.863
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8622,
"c": 0.12284,
"h": 98.8
},
"luminance": 0.64559
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6D36F
secondary
#3F53BA
accent
#32D213
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF5
border
#D6D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F