#E6E85C#E6E85C
#E6E85C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.160 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6E85C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 232, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(61, 75%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(61, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 60.3%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(89.54, -17.98, 65.83) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(89.54, 68.24, 105.28°) |
| OKLab | oklab(90.36% -0.0547 0.1503) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90.36% 0.16 110) |
| XYZ | xyz(63.4234, 75.3106, 21.3186) |
| Luminance | 0.7531 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 3.76
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 4.02
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 4.09
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 4.67
Custard
#FFFD78
ΔE00 4.74
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 4.75
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6E85C #5E5CE8
analogous
#E8A45C #E6E85C #A0E85C
triadic
#E6E85C #5CE6E8 #E85CE6
tetradic
#E6E85C #5CE8A4 #5E5CE8 #E85CA0
square
#E6E85C #5CE8A4 #5E5CE8 #E85CA0
split-complementary
#E6E85C #5CA0E8 #A45CE8
monochromatic
#AFB119 #DEE026 #E6E85C #EEF092 #F6F7C7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.31
#E6E85C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.06
#E6E85C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6E85C
16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6E85C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6E85C | 1.00 | 1.31 | 16.06 | 16.06 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.31 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 16.06 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 16.06 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F9DF4B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FBE365
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5DBCB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E1E1E1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6e85c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 232, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.160 110.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1ef90',
500: '#e6e85c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6e85c; $custom-light: #f1ef90; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6e85c",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 232,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60.857,
"s": 75.269,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.90361,
"c": 0.15991,
"h": 110
},
"luminance": 0.75309
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6E85C
secondary
#3937B1
accent
#0ED711
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF4
border
#D7D6CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85857F