#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
RGB	rgb(230, 192, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 68.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.04, 1.01, 62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.04, 62.99, 89.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.0028 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.141 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.6553, 54.9932, 13.9710)
Luminance	0.5499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E6C048	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E6C048

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

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