#E6C048#E6C048

#E6C048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.141 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E6C048
RGBrgb(230, 192, 72)
HSLhsl(46, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(46, 69%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16.5%, 68.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(79.04, 1.01, 62.98)
CIE-LCHlch(79.04, 62.99, 89.09°)
OKLaboklab(81.97% -0.0028 0.1412)
OKLCHoklch(81.97% 0.141 91.1)
XYZxyz(52.6553, 54.9932, 13.9710)
Luminance0.5499 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E6C048 #486EE6
analogous
#E67148 #E6C048 #BDE648
triadic
#E6C048 #48E6C0 #C048E6
tetradic
#E6C048 #48E671 #486EE6 #E648BD
square
#E6C048 #48E671 #486EE6 #E648BD
split-complementary
#E6C048 #48BDE6 #7148E6
monochromatic
#9E7D16 #D4A81D #E6C048 #EDD37E #F5E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75
#E6C048 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00
#E6C048 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C048
12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E6C048#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E6C0481.001.7512.0012.00
#FFFFFF1.751.0021.0021.00
#00000012.0021.001.001.00
##00000012.0021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5BD38
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DEC84E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8B1A7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e6c048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 192, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.141 91.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d281',
    500: '#e6c048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e6c048;
$custom-light: #f2d281;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e6c048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.57,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81974,
    "c": 0.14126,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E6C048
secondary
#314CA1
accent
#63F335
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E

Preview Lab

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#E6C048 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva