#E6D44C#E6D44C
#E6D44C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.153 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6D44C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 212, 76) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 75%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(53, 67%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 67%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.19, -9.02, 66.67) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.19, 67.28, 97.71°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.06% -0.031 0.1497) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.06% 0.153 101.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.4836, 64.4342, 16.2452) |
| Luminance | 0.6443 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.02
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 4.18
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.32
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.68
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.92
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.00
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6D44C #4C5EE6
analogous
#E6874C #E6D44C #ABE64C
triadic
#E6D44C #4CE6D4 #D44CE6
tetradic
#E6D44C #4CE687 #4C5EE6 #E64CAB
square
#E6D44C #4CE687 #4C5EE6 #E64CAB
split-complementary
#E6D44C #4CABE6 #874CE6
monochromatic
#A19117 #D7C11E #E6D44C #EDE182 #F5EEB7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.51
#E6D44C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.89
#E6D44C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6D44C
13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6D44C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6D44C | 1.00 | 1.51 | 13.89 | 13.89 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.51 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.89 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.89 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E7CE39
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ECD554
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7C5B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6d44c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 212, 76); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.153 101.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1e085',
500: '#e6d44c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6d44c; $custom-light: #f1e085; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6d44c",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 212,
"b": 76
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52.987,
"s": 75.49,
"l": 60
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86064,
"c": 0.15286,
"h": 101.7
},
"luminance": 0.64432
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6D44C
secondary
#3340A4
accent
#4CF236
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFCF2
border
#D7D5CC
text
#17150B
muted
#85847E