#E6C24D#E6C24D

#E6C24D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.139 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C24D
RGB	rgb(230, 194, 77)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 66.5%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, 0.24, 61.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 61.48, 89.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.42% -0.0044 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(82.42% 0.139 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.2672, 55.9454, 15.0126)
Luminance	0.5594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C24D #4D71E6

analogous

#E6754D #E6C24D #BEE64D

triadic

#E6C24D #4DE6C2 #C24DE6

tetradic

#E6C24D #4DE675 #4D71E6 #E64DBE

square

#E6C24D #4DE675 #4D71E6 #E64DBE

split-complementary

#E6C24D #4DBEE6 #754DE6

monochromatic

#A28117 #D8AC1E #E6C24D #EED483 #F5E7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E6C24D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#E6C24D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C24D

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C24D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C24D	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c24d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 194, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.139 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d484',
    500: '#e6c24d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c24d;
$custom-light: #f2d484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c24d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 75.369,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82417,
    "c": 0.13894,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C24D

secondary

#334EA4

accent

#3DD80E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C24D

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

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