#E6D65E#E6D65E

#E6D65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.141 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D65E
RGB	rgb(230, 214, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 59.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.86, -8.92, 59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.86, 60.52, 98.48°)
OKLab	oklab(86.64% -0.0287 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(86.64% 0.141 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.7022, 65.7266, 20.1819)
Luminance	0.6572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D65E #5E6EE6

analogous

#E6925E #E6D65E #B2E65E

triadic

#E6D65E #5EE6D6 #D65EE6

tetradic

#E6D65E #5EE692 #5E6EE6 #E65EB2

square

#E6D65E #5EE692 #5E6EE6 #E65EB2

split-complementary

#E6D65E #5EB2E6 #925EE6

monochromatic

#AF9D1B #DEC929 #E6D65E #EEE393 #F6F1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E6D65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#E6D65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D65E

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D65E	1.00	1.48	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 214, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.141 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e290',
    500: '#e6d65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d65e;
$custom-light: #f1e290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86639,
    "c": 0.14082,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D65E

secondary

#3947B0

accent

#27D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D65E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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