#E6C449#E6C449

#E6C449 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.143 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C449
RGB	rgb(230, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.06, -1.01, 63.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.06, 63.63, 90.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.78% -0.0084 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(82.78% 0.143 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.5784, 56.7869, 14.4409)
Luminance	0.5678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C449 #496BE6

analogous

#E67649 #E6C449 #BAE649

triadic

#E6C449 #49E6C4 #C449E6

tetradic

#E6C449 #49E676 #496BE6 #E649BA

square

#E6C449 #49E676 #496BE6 #E649BA

split-complementary

#E6C449 #49BAE6 #7649E6

monochromatic

#9F8116 #D5AD1D #E6C449 #EDD57F #F5E7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E6C449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#E6C449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C449

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C449	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.143 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d582',
    500: '#e6c449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c449;
$custom-light: #f2d582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.006,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82784,
    "c": 0.14301,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C449

secondary

#324AA2

accent

#5EF235

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C449

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

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