#E6C44E#E6C44E

#E6C44E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.139 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C44E
RGB	rgb(230, 196, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 66.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.10, -0.74, 61.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.10, 61.60, 90.69°)
OKLab	oklab(82.83% -0.0071 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(82.83% 0.139 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.7509, 56.8558, 15.3493)
Luminance	0.5685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C44E #4E70E6

analogous

#E6784E #E6C44E #BCE64E

triadic

#E6C44E #4EE6C4 #C44EE6

tetradic

#E6C44E #4EE678 #4E70E6 #E64EBC

square

#E6C44E #4EE678 #4E70E6 #E64EBC

split-complementary

#E6C44E #4EBCE6 #784EE6

monochromatic

#A38317 #D8AF1F #E6C44E #EED684 #F5E8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E6C44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#E6C44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C44E

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C44E	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 196, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.139 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d585',
    500: '#e6c44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c44e;
$custom-light: #f2d585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.579,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82827,
    "c": 0.13947,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C44E

secondary

#334DA5

accent

#3BD70E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C44E

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

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