#E6D45C#E6D45C
#E6D45C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.141 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6D45C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 212, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 73%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 60%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 60%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.32, -8.05, 60.14) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.32, 60.68, 97.62°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.21% -0.0264 0.1382) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.21% 0.141 100.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.1106, 64.6850, 19.5476) |
| Luminance | 0.6468 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.04
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.95
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.02
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.42
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.55
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.61
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6D45C #5C6EE6
analogous
#E68F5C #E6D45C #B3E65C
triadic
#E6D45C #5CE6D4 #D45CE6
tetradic
#E6D45C #5CE68F #5C6EE6 #E65CB3
square
#E6D45C #5CE68F #5C6EE6 #E65CB3
split-complementary
#E6D45C #5CB3E6 #8F5CE6
monochromatic
#AD9A1B #DEC627 #E6D45C #EEE291 #F6F0C6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.51
#E6D45C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.94
#E6D45C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6D45C
13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6D45C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6D45C | 1.00 | 1.51 | 13.94 | 13.94 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.51 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.94 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.94 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E6CE4F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EBD662
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6C6BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6d45c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 212, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.141 100.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1e08f',
500: '#e6d45c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6d45c; $custom-light: #f1e08f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6d45c",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 212,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52.174,
"s": 73.404,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86208,
"c": 0.1407,
"h": 100.8
},
"luminance": 0.64683
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6D45C
secondary
#3847AE
accent
#2AD610
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F