#E6C649#E6C649

#E6C649 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.144 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C649
RGB	rgb(230, 198, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.57, -2.05, 64.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.57, 64.18, 91.83°)
OKLab	oklab(83.19% -0.0114 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(83.19% 0.144 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.0325, 57.6951, 14.5923)
Luminance	0.5769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C649 #4969E6

analogous

#E67849 #E6C649 #B7E649

triadic

#E6C649 #49E6C6 #C649E6

tetradic

#E6C649 #49E678 #4969E6 #E649B7

square

#E6C649 #49E678 #4969E6 #E649B7

split-complementary

#E6C649 #49B7E6 #7849E6

monochromatic

#9F8316 #D5AF1D #E6C649 #EDD77F #F5E8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E6C649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#E6C649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C649

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C649	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	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)

#DAC238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 198, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.144 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d682',
    500: '#e6c649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c649;
$custom-light: #f2d682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.771,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83186,
    "c": 0.14432,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C649

secondary

#3248A2

accent

#5CF235

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C649

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

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