#E6C245#E6C245

#E6C245 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.144 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C245
RGB	rgb(230, 194, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -0.19, 64.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 64.68, 90.16°)
OKLab	oklab(82.35% -0.0065 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(82.35% 0.144 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.0019, 55.8393, 13.6154)
Luminance	0.5584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C245 #4569E6

analogous

#E67145 #E6C245 #B9E645

triadic

#E6C245 #45E6C2 #C245E6

tetradic

#E6C245 #45E671 #4569E6 #E645B9

square

#E6C245 #45E671 #4569E6 #E645B9

split-complementary

#E6C245 #45B9E6 #7145E6

monochromatic

#9C7E15 #D2A91C #E6C245 #EDD47B #F5E5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E6C245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#E6C245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C245

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C245	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 194, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.144 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d480',
    500: '#e6c245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c245;
$custom-light: #f2d480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.584,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8235,
    "c": 0.14446,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C245

secondary

#30499F

accent

#5FF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C245

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

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