#E6C345#E6C345

#E6C345 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.145 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C345
RGB	rgb(230, 195, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -0.70, 64.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 64.94, 90.62°)
OKLab	oklab(82.55% -0.008 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(82.55% 0.145 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.2252, 56.2859, 13.6899)
Luminance	0.5628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C345 #4568E6

analogous

#E67245 #E6C345 #B8E645

triadic

#E6C345 #45E6C3 #C345E6

tetradic

#E6C345 #45E672 #4568E6 #E645B8

square

#E6C345 #45E672 #4568E6 #E645B8

split-complementary

#E6C345 #45B8E6 #7245E6

monochromatic

#9C7E15 #D2AA1C #E6C345 #EDD47B #F5E6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E6C345 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#E6C345 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C345

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C345	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C345	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c345;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 195, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.145 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d480',
    500: '#e6c345',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c345;
$custom-light: #f2d480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c345",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82551,
    "c": 0.14507,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C345

secondary

#30489F

accent

#5EF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C345

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

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