#E6D665#E6D665
#E6D665 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.135 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6D665 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 214, 101) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 72%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(53, 56%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7%, 56.1%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.92, -8.42, 56.80) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.92, 57.43, 98.43°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.71% -0.0265 0.1322) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.71% 0.135 101.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.0307, 65.8579, 21.9118) |
| Luminance | 0.6586 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.34
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.37
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.18
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 4.61
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.65
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.85
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6D665 #6575E6
analogous
#E69565 #E6D665 #B6E665
triadic
#E6D665 #65E6D6 #D665E6
tetradic
#E6D665 #65E695 #6575E6 #E665B6
square
#E6D665 #65E695 #6575E6 #E665B6
split-complementary
#E6D665 #65B6E6 #9565E6
monochromatic
#B3A11D #DDC830 #E6D665 #EFE49A #F7F2CE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.48
#E6D665 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.17
#E6D665 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6D665
14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6D665 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6D665 | 1.00 | 1.48 | 14.17 | 14.17 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.48 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.17 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.17 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E7D05A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ECD76B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6C9BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6d665; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 214, 101); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.135 101.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1e294',
500: '#e6d665',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6d665; $custom-light: #f1e294; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6d665",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 214,
"b": 101
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52.558,
"s": 72.067,
"l": 64.902
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86714,
"c": 0.13478,
"h": 101.3
},
"luminance": 0.65856
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6D665
secondary
#3B4AB4
accent
#2AD411
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F