#E6D75E#E6D75E
#E6D75E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.142 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6D75E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 215, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 73%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(53, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 59.1%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.12, -9.43, 60.15) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.12, 60.88, 98.91°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.85% -0.0301 0.1385) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.85% 0.142 102.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.9561, 66.2343, 20.2665) |
| Luminance | 0.6623 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 1.69
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.12
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.18
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 4.72
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.91
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.06
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6D75E #5E6DE6
analogous
#E6935E #E6D75E #B1E65E
triadic
#E6D75E #5EE6D7 #D75EE6
tetradic
#E6D75E #5EE693 #5E6DE6 #E65EB1
square
#E6D75E #5EE693 #5E6DE6 #E65EB1
split-complementary
#E6D75E #5EB1E6 #935EE6
monochromatic
#AF9E1B #DECA29 #E6D75E #EEE493 #F6F1C8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.47
#E6D75E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.25
#E6D75E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6D75E
14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6D75E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6D75E | 1.00 | 1.47 | 14.25 | 14.25 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.47 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.25 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.25 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E9D151
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EDD864
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6C9BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D5D5D5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6d75e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 215, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.142 102.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1e390',
500: '#e6d75e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6d75e; $custom-light: #f1e390; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6d75e",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 215,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.382,
"s": 73.118,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86845,
"c": 0.14171,
"h": 102.3
},
"luminance": 0.66232
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6D75E
secondary
#3946B0
accent
#26D510
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F