#E6C24F#E6C24F

#E6C24F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.137 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C24F
RGB	rgb(230, 194, 79)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 65.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, 0.35, 60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 60.65, 89.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% -0.0038 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.137 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.3389, 55.9741, 15.3902)
Luminance	0.5597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C24F #4F73E6

analogous

#E6764F #E6C24F #BFE64F

triadic

#E6C24F #4FE6C2 #C24FE6

tetradic

#E6C24F #4FE676 #4F73E6 #E64FBF

square

#E6C24F #4FE676 #4F73E6 #E64FBF

split-complementary

#E6C24F #4FBFE6 #764FE6

monochromatic

#A38217 #D9AD1F #E6C24F #EED585 #F5E7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E6C24F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#E6C24F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C24F

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C24F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C24F	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)

#D6BF41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c24f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 194, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.137 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d485',
    500: '#e6c24f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c24f;
$custom-light: #f2d485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c24f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.695,
    "s": 75.124,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82435,
    "c": 0.13747,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C24F

secondary

#334FA6

accent

#3ED70E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C24F

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

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