#E6C044#E6C044

#E6C044 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.144 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C044
RGB	rgb(230, 192, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 70.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.01, 0.80, 64.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.01, 64.56, 89.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.0038 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.144 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.5290, 54.9427, 13.3060)
Luminance	0.5494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C044 #446AE6

analogous

#E66F44 #E6C044 #BBE644

triadic

#E6C044 #44E6C0 #C044E6

tetradic

#E6C044 #44E66F #446AE6 #E644BB

square

#E6C044 #44E66F #446AE6 #E644BB

split-complementary

#E6C044 #44BBE6 #6F44E6

monochromatic

#9B7B15 #D1A61C #E6C044 #EDD27A #F4E4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E6C044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#E6C044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C044

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C044	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 192, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.144 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d27f',
    500: '#e6c044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c044;
$custom-light: #f2d27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.926,
    "s": 76.415,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81942,
    "c": 0.14392,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C044

secondary

#304A9E

accent

#61F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C044

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

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