#E6C548#E6C548

#E6C548 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.144 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C548
RGB	rgb(230, 197, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 68.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.31, -1.58, 64.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.31, 64.30, 91.41°)
OKLab	oklab(82.98% -0.0102 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(82.98% 0.144 94)
XYZ	xyz(53.7718, 57.2263, 14.3431)
Luminance	0.5722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C548 #4869E6

analogous

#E67648 #E6C548 #B8E648

triadic

#E6C548 #48E6C5 #C548E6

tetradic

#E6C548 #48E676 #4869E6 #E648B8

square

#E6C548 #48E676 #4869E6 #E648B8

split-complementary

#E6C548 #48B8E6 #7648E6

monochromatic

#9E8216 #D4AE1D #E6C548 #EDD67E #F5E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E6C548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#E6C548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C548

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C548	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)

#D9C137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 197, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.144 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d682',
    500: '#e6c548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c548;
$custom-light: #f2d682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.468,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82977,
    "c": 0.14434,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.57223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C548

secondary

#3149A1

accent

#5DF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C548

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

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