#E6C049#E6C049

#E6C049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.141 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C049
RGB	rgb(230, 192, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.05, 1.06, 62.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.05, 62.59, 89.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% -0.0025 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.141 91)
XYZ	xyz(52.6881, 55.0064, 14.1442)
Luminance	0.5500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C049 #496FE6

analogous

#E67249 #E6C049 #BDE649

triadic

#E6C049 #49E6C0 #C049E6

tetradic

#E6C049 #49E672 #496FE6 #E649BD

square

#E6C049 #49E672 #496FE6 #E649BD

split-complementary

#E6C049 #49BDE6 #7249E6

monochromatic

#9F7E16 #D5A81D #E6C049 #EDD37F #F5E5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E6C049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#E6C049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C049

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C049	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)

#D4BD3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 192, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.141 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d282',
    500: '#e6c049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c049;
$custom-light: #f2d282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.478,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81983,
    "c": 0.14057,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.55003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C049

secondary

#324DA2

accent

#63F235

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C049

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

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