#E6C445#E6C445

#E6C445 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.146 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C445
RGB	rgb(230, 196, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.03, -1.22, 65.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.03, 65.20, 91.07°)
OKLab	oklab(82.75% -0.0095 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(82.75% 0.146 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.4500, 56.7355, 13.7648)
Luminance	0.5673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C445 #4567E6

analogous

#E67345 #E6C445 #B7E645

triadic

#E6C445 #45E6C4 #C445E6

tetradic

#E6C445 #45E673 #4567E6 #E645B7

square

#E6C445 #45E673 #4567E6 #E645B7

split-complementary

#E6C445 #45B7E6 #7345E6

monochromatic

#9C7F15 #D2AB1C #E6C445 #EDD57B #F5E6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E6C445 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#E6C445 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C445

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C445	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C445	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c445;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 196, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.146 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d580',
    500: '#e6c445',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c445;
$custom-light: #f2d580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c445",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.329,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82752,
    "c": 0.1457,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C445

secondary

#30489F

accent

#5DF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C445

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

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