#E6C045#E6C045

#E6C045 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.143 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C045
RGB	rgb(230, 192, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.02, 0.85, 64.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.02, 64.17, 89.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.0035 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.143 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.5598, 54.9550, 13.4681)
Luminance	0.5495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C045 #456BE6

analogous

#E66F45 #E6C045 #BBE645

triadic

#E6C045 #45E6C0 #C045E6

tetradic

#E6C045 #45E66F #456BE6 #E645BB

square

#E6C045 #45E66F #456BE6 #E645BB

split-complementary

#E6C045 #45BBE6 #6F45E6

monochromatic

#9C7C15 #D2A71C #E6C045 #EDD27B #F5E5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E6C045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#E6C045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C045

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C045	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)

#D5BD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 192, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.143 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d27f',
    500: '#e6c045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c045;
$custom-light: #f2d27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.839,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8195,
    "c": 0.14326,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C045

secondary

#304A9F

accent

#62F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C045

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

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