#E6C148#E6C148
#E6C148 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.142 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6C148 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 193, 72) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 76%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 69%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 68.7%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.29, 0.49, 63.24) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.29, 63.24, 89.56°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.17% -0.0043 0.1418) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.17% 0.142 91.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.8756, 55.4339, 14.0444) |
| Luminance | 0.5543 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.56
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.61
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.46
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.77
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 4.92
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 5.26
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6C148 #486DE6
analogous
#E67248 #E6C148 #BCE648
triadic
#E6C148 #48E6C1 #C148E6
tetradic
#E6C148 #48E672 #486DE6 #E648BC
square
#E6C148 #48E672 #486DE6 #E648BC
split-complementary
#E6C148 #48BCE6 #7248E6
monochromatic
#9E7E16 #D4A91D #E6C148 #EDD37E #F5E5B4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.74
#E6C148 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.09
#E6C148 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6C148
12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6C148 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6C148 | 1.00 | 1.74 | 12.09 | 12.09 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.74 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5BE38
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DFC94E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8B2A8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6c148; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 193, 72); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.142 91.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d381',
500: '#e6c148',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6c148; $custom-light: #f2d381; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6c148",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 193,
"b": 72
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.949,
"s": 75.962,
"l": 59.216
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82174,
"c": 0.14184,
"h": 91.7
},
"luminance": 0.55431
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6C148
secondary
#314BA1
accent
#62F335
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E