#E6D757#E6D757
#E6D757 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.147 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6D757 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 215, 87) |
| HSL | hsl(54, 74%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(54, 62%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 62.2%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.05, -9.89, 63.09) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.05, 63.86, 98.91°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.78% -0.0322 0.1438) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.78% 0.147 102.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.6561, 66.1143, 18.6866) |
| Luminance | 0.6611 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 1.47
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.18
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 4.63
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.82
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 4.89
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.02
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6D757 #5766E6
analogous
#E68F57 #E6D757 #AEE657
triadic
#E6D757 #57E6D7 #D757E6
tetradic
#E6D757 #57E68F #5766E6 #E657AE
square
#E6D757 #57E68F #5766E6 #E657AE
split-complementary
#E6D757 #57AEE6 #8F57E6
monochromatic
#A99A19 #DECA22 #E6D757 #EEE48C #F6F0C2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.48
#E6D757 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.22
#E6D757 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6D757
14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6D757 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6D757 | 1.00 | 1.48 | 14.22 | 14.22 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.48 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.22 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.22 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E9D148
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EED85E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6C9BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6d757; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 215, 87); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.147 102.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1e38c',
500: '#e6d757',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6d757; $custom-light: #f1e38c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6d757",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 215,
"b": 87
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.706,
"s": 74.093,
"l": 62.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86777,
"c": 0.14736,
"h": 102.6
},
"luminance": 0.66112
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6D757
secondary
#3642AB
accent
#24D60F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F