#E6D648#E6D648
#E6D648 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.157 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6D648 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 214, 72) |
| HSL | hsl(54, 76%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(54, 69%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7%, 68.7%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.68, -10.24, 68.71) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.68, 69.47, 98.48°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.45% -0.0348 0.1533) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.45% 0.157 102.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.8518, 65.3864, 15.7032) |
| Luminance | 0.6538 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.04
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 3.49
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.56
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.07
Banana
#FFE135
ΔE00 5.09
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 5.33
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6D648 #4858E6
analogous
#E68748 #E6D648 #A7E648
triadic
#E6D648 #48E6D6 #D648E6
tetradic
#E6D648 #48E687 #4858E6 #E648A7
square
#E6D648 #48E687 #4858E6 #E648A7
split-complementary
#E6D648 #48A7E6 #8748E6
monochromatic
#9E9016 #D4C11D #E6D648 #EDE27E #F5EEB4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.49
#E6D648 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.08
#E6D648 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6D648
14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6D648 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6D648 | 1.00 | 1.49 | 14.08 | 14.08 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.49 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.08 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.08 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E9CF33
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EED751
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7C7BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6d648; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 214, 72); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.157 102.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2e283',
500: '#e6d648',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6d648; $custom-light: #f2e283; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6d648",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 214,
"b": 72
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.924,
"s": 75.962,
"l": 59.216
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86445,
"c": 0.15725,
"h": 102.8
},
"luminance": 0.65384
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6D648
secondary
#313DA1
accent
#48F335
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFCF2
border
#D7D5CC
text
#17150B
muted
#85847E