#E6D463#E6D463
#E6D463 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.135 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6D463 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 212, 99) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 72%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 57%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 57%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.39, -7.56, 57.10) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.39, 57.60, 97.54°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.28% -0.0242 0.1326) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.28% 0.135 100.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.4309, 64.8131, 21.2343) |
| Luminance | 0.6481 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.52
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.27
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.12
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.38
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.43
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 4.57
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6D463 #6375E6
analogous
#E69363 #E6D463 #B6E663
triadic
#E6D463 #63E6D4 #D463E6
tetradic
#E6D463 #63E693 #6375E6 #E663B6
square
#E6D463 #63E693 #6375E6 #E663B6
split-complementary
#E6D463 #63B6E6 #9363E6
monochromatic
#B29E1D #DEC52E #E6D463 #EEE398 #F7F1CC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.50
#E6D463 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.96
#E6D463 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6D463
13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6D463 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6D463 | 1.00 | 1.50 | 13.96 | 13.96 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.50 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.96 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.96 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E6CF58
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EBD668
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6C7BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6d463; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 212, 99); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.135 100.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1e093',
500: '#e6d463',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6d463; $custom-light: #f1e093; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6d463",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 212,
"b": 99
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.756,
"s": 72.376,
"l": 64.51
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86282,
"c": 0.13476,
"h": 100.4
},
"luminance": 0.64811
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6D463
secondary
#3B4BB3
accent
#2CD411
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F