#E6D453#E6D453
#E6D453 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.148 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6D453 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 212, 83) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 75%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(53, 64%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 63.9%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.24, -8.62, 63.89) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.24, 64.47, 97.69°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.12% -0.0291 0.1449) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.12% 0.148 101.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.7403, 64.5369, 17.5974) |
| Luminance | 0.6453 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 1.84
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.12
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.58
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.65
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 4.77
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.80
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6D453 #5365E6
analogous
#E68B53 #E6D453 #AFE653
triadic
#E6D453 #53E6D4 #D453E6
tetradic
#E6D453 #53E68B #5365E6 #E653AF
square
#E6D453 #53E68B #5365E6 #E653AF
split-complementary
#E6D453 #53AFE6 #8B53E6
monochromatic
#A69518 #DCC520 #E6D453 #EEE188 #F6EFBE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.51
#E6D453 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.91
#E6D453 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6D453
13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6D453 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6D453 | 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)
#E7CE43
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ECD55A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7C6B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6d453; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 212, 83); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.148 101.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1e089',
500: '#e6d453',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6d453; $custom-light: #f1e089; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6d453",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 212,
"b": 83
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52.653,
"s": 74.619,
"l": 61.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86123,
"c": 0.1478,
"h": 101.3
},
"luminance": 0.64534
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6D453
secondary
#3543A8
accent
#27D70F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F