#E6C24E#E6C24E

#E6C24E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.138 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C24E
RGB	rgb(230, 194, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 66.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, 0.30, 61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 61.06, 89.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% -0.0041 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.138 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.3028, 55.9596, 15.2000)
Luminance	0.5596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C24E #4E72E6

analogous

#E6764E #E6C24E #BEE64E

triadic

#E6C24E #4EE6C2 #C24EE6

tetradic

#E6C24E #4EE676 #4E72E6 #E64EBE

square

#E6C24E #4EE676 #4E72E6 #E64EBE

split-complementary

#E6C24E #4EBEE6 #764EE6

monochromatic

#A38217 #D8AC1F #E6C24E #EED484 #F5E7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E6C24E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#E6C24E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C24E

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C24E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C24E	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)

#D6BF40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c24e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 194, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.138 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d485',
    500: '#e6c24e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c24e;
$custom-light: #f2d485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c24e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.789,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82426,
    "c": 0.13821,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C24E

secondary

#334EA5

accent

#3ED70E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C24E

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

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