#E6C149#E6C149

#E6C149 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.141 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C149
RGB	rgb(230, 193, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.30, 0.54, 62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.30, 62.84, 89.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.004 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.141 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.9085, 55.4470, 14.2176)
Luminance	0.5544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C149 #496EE6

analogous

#E67349 #E6C149 #BCE649

triadic

#E6C149 #49E6C1 #C149E6

tetradic

#E6C149 #49E673 #496EE6 #E649BC

square

#E6C149 #49E673 #496EE6 #E649BC

split-complementary

#E6C149 #49BCE6 #7349E6

monochromatic

#9F7F16 #D5A91D #E6C149 #EDD37F #F5E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E6C149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#E6C149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C149

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C149	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)

#D5BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 193, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.141 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d382',
    500: '#e6c149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c149;
$custom-light: #f2d382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.86,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82182,
    "c": 0.14116,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C149

secondary

#324CA2

accent

#62F235

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C149

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

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