#E6C545#E6C545

#E6C545 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.146 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C545
RGB	rgb(230, 197, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, -1.74, 65.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 65.47, 91.52°)
OKLab	oklab(82.95% -0.011 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(82.95% 0.146 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.6763, 57.1881, 13.8402)
Luminance	0.5718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C545 #4566E6

analogous

#E67445 #E6C545 #B6E645

triadic

#E6C545 #45E6C5 #C545E6

tetradic

#E6C545 #45E674 #4566E6 #E645B6

square

#E6C545 #45E674 #4566E6 #E645B6

split-complementary

#E6C545 #45B6E6 #7445E6

monochromatic

#9C8015 #D2AC1C #E6C545 #EDD67B #F5E7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E6C545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#E6C545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C545

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C545	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 197, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.146 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d680',
    500: '#e6c545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c545;
$custom-light: #f2d680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.702,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82953,
    "c": 0.14634,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C545

secondary

#30479F

accent

#5CF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C545

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

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