#E6C74E#E6C74E

#E6C74E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.141 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C74E
RGB	rgb(230, 199, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 66.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.86, -2.29, 62.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.86, 62.44, 92.10°)
OKLab	oklab(83.43% -0.0115 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(83.43% 0.141 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.4343, 58.2227, 15.5772)
Luminance	0.5822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C74E #4E6DE6

analogous

#E67B4E #E6C74E #B9E64E

triadic

#E6C74E #4EE6C7 #C74EE6

tetradic

#E6C74E #4EE67B #4E6DE6 #E64EB9

square

#E6C74E #4EE67B #4E6DE6 #E64EB9

split-complementary

#E6C74E #4EB9E6 #7B4EE6

monochromatic

#A38617 #D8B21F #E6C74E #EED884 #F5E9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E6C74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#E6C74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C74E

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C74E	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 199, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.141 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d785',
    500: '#e6c74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c74e;
$custom-light: #f2d785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.763,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83431,
    "c": 0.14146,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C74E

secondary

#334AA5

accent

#37D70E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C74E

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

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