#E6C249#E6C249

#E6C249 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.142 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C249
RGB	rgb(230, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, 0.02, 63.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 63.10, 89.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% -0.0055 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.142 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.1303, 55.8906, 14.2915)
Luminance	0.5589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C249 #496DE6

analogous

#E67449 #E6C249 #BCE649

triadic

#E6C249 #49E6C2 #C249E6

tetradic

#E6C249 #49E674 #496DE6 #E649BC

square

#E6C249 #49E674 #496DE6 #E649BC

split-complementary

#E6C249 #49BCE6 #7449E6

monochromatic

#9F7F16 #D5AB1D #E6C249 #EDD47F #F5E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E6C249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#E6C249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C249

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C249	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.142 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d482',
    500: '#e6c249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c249;
$custom-light: #f2d482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.242,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82383,
    "c": 0.14177,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C249

secondary

#324BA2

accent

#61F235

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C249

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

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