#E6C448#E6C448

#E6C448 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.144 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C448
RGB	rgb(230, 196, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 68.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.05, -1.07, 64.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.05, 64.03, 90.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.78% -0.0087 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(82.78% 0.144 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.5455, 56.7737, 14.2677)
Luminance	0.5677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C448 #486AE6

analogous

#E67548 #E6C448 #B9E648

triadic

#E6C448 #48E6C4 #C448E6

tetradic

#E6C448 #48E675 #486AE6 #E648B9

square

#E6C448 #48E675 #486AE6 #E648B9

split-complementary

#E6C448 #48B9E6 #7548E6

monochromatic

#9E8116 #D4AC1D #E6C448 #EDD57E #F5E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E6C448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#E6C448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C448

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C448	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)

#D8C137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 196, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.144 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d581',
    500: '#e6c448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c448;
$custom-light: #f2d581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.089,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82776,
    "c": 0.14369,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C448

secondary

#3149A1

accent

#5EF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C448

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

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