#E6D659#E6D659
#E6D659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.145 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6D659 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 214, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 74%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(53, 61%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7%, 61.3%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.81, -9.26, 61.98) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.81, 62.66, 98.50°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.59% -0.0302 0.1417) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.59% 0.145 102) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.4851, 65.6397, 19.0383) |
| Luminance | 0.6564 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 1.58
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.08
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.49
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 4.76
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.85
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.90
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6D659 #5969E6
analogous
#E68F59 #E6D659 #B0E659
triadic
#E6D659 #59E6D6 #D659E6
tetradic
#E6D659 #59E68F #5969E6 #E659B0
square
#E6D659 #59E68F #5969E6 #E659B0
split-complementary
#E6D659 #59B0E6 #8F59E6
monochromatic
#AB9A1A #DEC924 #E6D659 #EEE38E #F6F0C3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.49
#E6D659 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.13
#E6D659 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6D659
14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6D659 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6D659 | 1.00 | 1.49 | 14.13 | 14.13 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.49 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.13 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.13 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E8D04B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EDD760
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6C8BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6d659; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 214, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.145 102.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1e28d',
500: '#e6d659',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6d659; $custom-light: #f1e28d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6d659",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 214,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.191,
"s": 73.822,
"l": 62.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8659,
"c": 0.1449,
"h": 102
},
"luminance": 0.65637
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6D659
secondary
#3744AC
accent
#26D610
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F