#E6D65B#E6D65B
#E6D65B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.143 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6D65B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 214, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 74%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(53, 60%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7%, 60.4%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.83, -9.13, 61.14) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.83, 61.81, 98.49°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.61% -0.0296 0.1402) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.61% 0.143 101.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.5702, 65.6738, 19.4866) |
| Luminance | 0.6567 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 1.64
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.07
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.30
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 4.71
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.84
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.87
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6D65B #5B6BE6
analogous
#E6915B #E6D65B #B0E65B
triadic
#E6D65B #5BE6D6 #D65BE6
tetradic
#E6D65B #5BE691 #5B6BE6 #E65BB0
square
#E6D65B #5BE691 #5B6BE6 #E65BB0
split-complementary
#E6D65B #5BB0E6 #915BE6
monochromatic
#AC9C1A #DEC926 #E6D65B #EEE390 #F6F1C5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.49
#E6D65B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.13
#E6D65B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6D65B
14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6D65B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6D65B | 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)
#E8D04D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EDD762
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6C8BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6d65b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 214, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.143 101.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1e28e',
500: '#e6d65b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6d65b; $custom-light: #f1e28e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6d65b",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 214,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.094,
"s": 73.545,
"l": 62.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86609,
"c": 0.14328,
"h": 101.9
},
"luminance": 0.65671
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6D65B
secondary
#3845AE
accent
#27D610
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F