#E6C45D#E6C45D

#E6C45D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.128 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C45D
RGB	rgb(230, 196, 93)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 59.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, 0.21, 55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 55.12, 89.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.98% -0.0025 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(82.98% 0.128 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.3513, 57.0960, 18.5116)
Luminance	0.5709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C45D #5D7FE6

analogous

#E67F5D #E6C45D #C4E65D

triadic

#E6C45D #5DE6C4 #C45DE6

tetradic

#E6C45D #5DE67F #5D7FE6 #E65DC4

square

#E6C45D #5DE67F #5D7FE6 #E65DC4

split-complementary

#E6C45D #5DC4E6 #7F5DE6

monochromatic

#AE891B #DEB128 #E6C45D #EED792 #F6EBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E6C45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#E6C45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C45D

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C45D	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 196, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.128 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d58e',
    500: '#e6c45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c45d;
$custom-light: #f1d58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.109,
    "s": 73.262,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82977,
    "c": 0.12763,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C45D

secondary

#3856AF

accent

#41D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C45D

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

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