#E6C648#E6C648

#E6C648 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.145 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C648
RGB	rgb(230, 198, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 68.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.56, -2.10, 64.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.56, 64.58, 91.86°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% -0.0117 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.145 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.9996, 57.6819, 14.4191)
Luminance	0.5768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C648 #4868E6

analogous

#E67748 #E6C648 #B7E648

triadic

#E6C648 #48E6C6 #C648E6

tetradic

#E6C648 #48E677 #4868E6 #E648B7

square

#E6C648 #48E677 #4868E6 #E648B7

split-complementary

#E6C648 #48B7E6 #7748E6

monochromatic

#9E8216 #D4AF1D #E6C648 #EDD77E #F5E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E6C648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#E6C648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C648

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C648	1.00	1.68	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 198, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.145 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d682',
    500: '#e6c648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c648;
$custom-light: #f2d682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.848,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83178,
    "c": 0.145,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C648

secondary

#3148A1

accent

#5CF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C648

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

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