#E6C144#E6C144

#E6C144 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.145 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C144
RGB	rgb(230, 193, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 70.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, 0.28, 64.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 64.81, 89.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.14% -0.0053 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(82.14% 0.145 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.7493, 55.3834, 13.3794)
Luminance	0.5538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C144 #4469E6

analogous

#E67044 #E6C144 #BAE644

triadic

#E6C144 #44E6C1 #C144E6

tetradic

#E6C144 #44E670 #4469E6 #E644BA

square

#E6C144 #44E670 #4469E6 #E644BA

split-complementary

#E6C144 #44BAE6 #7044E6

monochromatic

#9B7C15 #D1A81C #E6C144 #EDD37A #F4E5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E6C144 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#E6C144 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C144

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C144	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C144	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c144;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 193, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.145 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d37f',
    500: '#e6c144',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c144;
$custom-light: #f2d37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c144",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.296,
    "s": 76.415,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82142,
    "c": 0.14451,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C144

secondary

#30499E

accent

#60F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C144

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

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