#E6D563#E6D563
#E6D563 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.136 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6D563 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 213, 99) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 72%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 57%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 57%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.65, -8.06, 57.39) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.65, 57.96, 98.00°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.49% -0.0257 0.1332) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.49% 0.136 100.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.6816, 65.3146, 21.3179) |
| Luminance | 0.6531 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.32
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.40
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.11
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.54
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 4.58
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.61
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6D563 #6374E6
analogous
#E69463 #E6D563 #B5E663
triadic
#E6D563 #63E6D5 #D563E6
tetradic
#E6D563 #63E694 #6374E6 #E663B5
square
#E6D563 #63E694 #6374E6 #E663B5
split-complementary
#E6D563 #63B5E6 #9463E6
monochromatic
#B29F1D #DEC72E #E6D563 #EEE398 #F7F1CC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.49
#E6D563 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.06
#E6D563 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6D563
14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6D563 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6D563 | 1.00 | 1.49 | 14.06 | 14.06 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.49 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.06 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.06 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E7CF57
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ECD669
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6C8BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6d563; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 213, 99); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.136 100.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1e193',
500: '#e6d563',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6d563; $custom-light: #f1e193; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6d563",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 213,
"b": 99
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52.214,
"s": 72.376,
"l": 64.51
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86487,
"c": 0.13564,
"h": 100.9
},
"luminance": 0.65312
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6D563
secondary
#3B4AB3
accent
#2AD411
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F