#E6D645#E6D645
#E6D645 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.159 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6D645 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 214, 69) |
| HSL | hsl(54, 76%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(54, 70%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7%, 70%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.66, -10.39, 69.81) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.66, 70.57, 98.46°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.42% -0.0356 0.1551) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.42% 0.159 102.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.7564, 65.3482, 15.2002) |
| Luminance | 0.6535 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.22
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 3.27
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.68
Banana
#FFE135
ΔE00 4.97
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.15
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 5.22
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6D645 #4555E6
analogous
#E68545 #E6D645 #A5E645
triadic
#E6D645 #45E6D6 #D645E6
tetradic
#E6D645 #45E685 #4555E6 #E645A5
square
#E6D645 #45E685 #4555E6 #E645A5
split-complementary
#E6D645 #45A5E6 #8545E6
monochromatic
#9C8E15 #D2C01C #E6D645 #EDE27B #F5EEB1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.49
#E6D645 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.07
#E6D645 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6D645
14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6D645 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6D645 | 1.00 | 1.49 | 14.07 | 14.07 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.49 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.07 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.07 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E9CF2E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EED74E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7C7B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6d645; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 214, 69); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.159 102.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2e281',
500: '#e6d645',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6d645; $custom-light: #f2e281; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6d645",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 214,
"b": 69
},
"hsl": {
"h": 54.037,
"s": 76.303,
"l": 58.627
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86423,
"c": 0.15917,
"h": 102.9
},
"luminance": 0.65346
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6D645
secondary
#303B9F
accent
#48F335
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFCF2
border
#D7D5CC
text
#17150B
muted
#85847E