#E6C349#E6C349

#E6C349 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.142 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C349
RGB	rgb(230, 195, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, -0.50, 63.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 63.37, 90.45°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.007 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.142 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.3536, 56.3372, 14.3660)
Luminance	0.5633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C349 #496CE6

analogous

#E67549 #E6C349 #BBE649

triadic

#E6C349 #49E6C3 #C349E6

tetradic

#E6C349 #49E675 #496CE6 #E649BB

square

#E6C349 #49E675 #496CE6 #E649BB

split-complementary

#E6C349 #49BBE6 #7549E6

monochromatic

#9F8016 #D5AC1D #E6C349 #EDD57F #F5E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E6C349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#E6C349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C349

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C349	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 195, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.142 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d482',
    500: '#e6c349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c349;
$custom-light: #f2d482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.624,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82583,
    "c": 0.14238,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C349

secondary

#324BA2

accent

#60F235

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C349

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

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