#E6C745#E6C745

#E6C745 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.148 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C745
RGB	rgb(230, 199, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.80, -2.77, 65.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.80, 66.02, 92.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.36% -0.0139 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(83.36% 0.148 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.1335, 58.1024, 13.9926)
Luminance	0.5810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C745 #4564E6

analogous

#E67645 #E6C745 #B4E645

triadic

#E6C745 #45E6C7 #C745E6

tetradic

#E6C745 #45E676 #4564E6 #E645B4

square

#E6C745 #45E676 #4564E6 #E645B4

split-complementary

#E6C745 #45B4E6 #7645E6

monochromatic

#9C8215 #D2AF1C #E6C745 #EDD77B #F5E7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E6C745 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#E6C745 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C745

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C745	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C745	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c745;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 199, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.148 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d780',
    500: '#e6c745',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c745;
$custom-light: #f2d780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c745",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.447,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83356,
    "c": 0.14768,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C745

secondary

#30469F

accent

#5AF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C745

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

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