#E6C645#E6C645

#E6C645 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.147 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C645
RGB	rgb(230, 198, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.54, -2.25, 65.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.54, 65.74, 91.96°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% -0.0124 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.147 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.9041, 57.6438, 13.9162)
Luminance	0.5764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C645 #4565E6

analogous

#E67545 #E6C645 #B5E645

triadic

#E6C645 #45E6C6 #C645E6

tetradic

#E6C645 #45E675 #4565E6 #E645B5

square

#E6C645 #45E675 #4565E6 #E645B5

split-complementary

#E6C645 #45B5E6 #7545E6

monochromatic

#9C8115 #D2AE1C #E6C645 #EDD77B #F5E7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E6C645 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#E6C645 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C645

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C645	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C645	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c645;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 198, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.147 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d680',
    500: '#e6c645',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c645;
$custom-light: #f2d680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c645",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.075,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83155,
    "c": 0.147,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C645

secondary

#30469F

accent

#5BF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C645

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

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