#E6C344#E6C344

#E6C344 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.146 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C344
RGB	rgb(230, 195, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 70.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -0.75, 65.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 65.33, 90.66°)
OKLab	oklab(82.54% -0.0083 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(82.54% 0.146 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.1944, 56.2736, 13.5278)
Luminance	0.5627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C344 #4467E6

analogous

#E67244 #E6C344 #B8E644

triadic

#E6C344 #44E6C3 #C344E6

tetradic

#E6C344 #44E672 #4467E6 #E644B8

square

#E6C344 #44E672 #4467E6 #E644B8

split-complementary

#E6C344 #44B8E6 #7244E6

monochromatic

#9B7E15 #D1AA1C #E6C344 #EDD47A #F4E6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E6C344 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#E6C344 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C344

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C344	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C344	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c344;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 195, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.146 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d47f',
    500: '#e6c344',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c344;
$custom-light: #f2d47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c344",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.037,
    "s": 76.415,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82543,
    "c": 0.14572,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C344

secondary

#30489E

accent

#5EF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C344

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

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