#E6D65A#E6D65A
#E6D65A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.144 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6D65A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 214, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 74%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(53, 61%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7%, 60.9%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.82, -9.19, 61.56) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.82, 62.24, 98.49°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.6% -0.0299 0.141) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.6% 0.144 102) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.5274, 65.6566, 19.2609) |
| Luminance | 0.6565 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 1.61
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.07
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.39
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 4.74
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.86
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.87
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6D65A #5A6AE6
analogous
#E6905A #E6D65A #B0E65A
triadic
#E6D65A #5AE6D6 #D65AE6
tetradic
#E6D65A #5AE690 #5A6AE6 #E65AB0
square
#E6D65A #5AE690 #5A6AE6 #E65AB0
split-complementary
#E6D65A #5AB0E6 #905AE6
monochromatic
#AC9B1A #DEC925 #E6D65A #EEE38F #F6F0C4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.49
#E6D65A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.13
#E6D65A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6D65A
14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6D65A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6D65A | 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)
#E8D04C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EDD761
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6C8BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6d65a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 214, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.144 102.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1e28d',
500: '#e6d65a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6d65a; $custom-light: #f1e28d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6d65a",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 214,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.143,
"s": 73.684,
"l": 62.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86599,
"c": 0.14409,
"h": 102
},
"luminance": 0.65654
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6D65A
secondary
#3745AD
accent
#26D610
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F