#E6BE46#E6BE46

#E6BE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.141 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6BE46
RGB	rgb(230, 190, 70)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 69.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, 1.94, 63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 63.29, 88.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% -0.0003 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.141 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.1549, 54.0953, 13.4875)
Luminance	0.5409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6BE46 #466EE6

analogous

#E66E46 #E6BE46 #BEE646

triadic

#E6BE46 #46E6BE #BE46E6

tetradic

#E6BE46 #46E66E #466EE6 #E646BE

square

#E6BE46 #46E66E #466EE6 #E646BE

split-complementary

#E6BE46 #46BEE6 #6E46E6

monochromatic

#9C7B15 #D2A51C #E6BE46 #EDD17C #F5E4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E6BE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#E6BE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6BE46

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6BE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6BE46	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6be46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 190, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.141 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d180',
    500: '#e6be46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6be46;
$custom-light: #f2d180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6be46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 76.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81559,
    "c": 0.14148,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6BE46

secondary

#314CA0

accent

#64F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6BE46

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →