#E6C248#E6C248

#E6C248 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.142 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C248
RGB	rgb(230, 194, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 68.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, -0.03, 63.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 63.50, 90.03°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% -0.0057 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.142 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.0974, 55.8775, 14.1183)
Luminance	0.5587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C248 #486CE6

analogous

#E67348 #E6C248 #BBE648

triadic

#E6C248 #48E6C2 #C248E6

tetradic

#E6C248 #48E673 #486CE6 #E648BB

square

#E6C248 #48E673 #486CE6 #E648BB

split-complementary

#E6C248 #48BBE6 #7348E6

monochromatic

#9E7F16 #D4AA1D #E6C248 #EDD47E #F5E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E6C248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#E6C248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C248

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C248	1.00	1.72	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.72	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)

#D6BF38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 194, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.142 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d481',
    500: '#e6c248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c248;
$custom-light: #f2d481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.329,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82374,
    "c": 0.14245,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C248

secondary

#314BA1

accent

#60F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C248

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

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