#E6C145#E6C145

#E6C145 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.144 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C145
RGB	rgb(230, 193, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, 0.33, 64.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 64.43, 89.70°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.005 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.144 92)
XYZ	xyz(52.7801, 55.3957, 13.5415)
Luminance	0.5539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C145 #456AE6

analogous

#E67045 #E6C145 #BAE645

triadic

#E6C145 #45E6C1 #C145E6

tetradic

#E6C145 #45E670 #456AE6 #E645BA

square

#E6C145 #45E670 #456AE6 #E645BA

split-complementary

#E6C145 #45BAE6 #7045E6

monochromatic

#9C7D15 #D2A81C #E6C145 #EDD37B #F5E5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E6C145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#E6C145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C145

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C145	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)

#D6BE34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 193, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.144 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d380',
    500: '#e6c145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c145;
$custom-light: #f2d380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.211,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8215,
    "c": 0.14385,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.55393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C145

secondary

#304A9F

accent

#61F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C145

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

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