#E6C748#E6C748

#E6C748 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.146 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C748
RGB	rgb(230, 199, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 68.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, -2.61, 64.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 64.86, 92.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% -0.0131 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.146 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.2289, 58.1406, 14.4955)
Luminance	0.5814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C748 #4867E6

analogous

#E67848 #E6C748 #B6E648

triadic

#E6C748 #48E6C7 #C748E6

tetradic

#E6C748 #48E678 #4867E6 #E648B6

square

#E6C748 #48E678 #4867E6 #E648B6

split-complementary

#E6C748 #48B6E6 #7848E6

monochromatic

#9E8316 #D4B01D #E6C748 #EDD77E #F5E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E6C748 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#E6C748 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C748

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C748	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C748	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c748;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 199, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.146 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d782',
    500: '#e6c748',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c748;
$custom-light: #f2d782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c748",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.228,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8338,
    "c": 0.14568,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C748

secondary

#3147A1

accent

#5AF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C748

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

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