#E6C845#E6C845

#E6C845 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.148 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C845
RGB	rgb(230, 200, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.05, -3.28, 66.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.05, 66.30, 92.84°)
OKLab	oklab(83.56% -0.0154 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(83.56% 0.148 96)
XYZ	xyz(54.3643, 58.5641, 14.0696)
Luminance	0.5856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C845 #4563E6

analogous

#E67745 #E6C845 #B3E645

triadic

#E6C845 #45E6C8 #C845E6

tetradic

#E6C845 #45E677 #4563E6 #E645B3

square

#E6C845 #45E677 #4563E6 #E645B3

split-complementary

#E6C845 #45B3E6 #7745E6

monochromatic

#9C8315 #D2B01C #E6C845 #EDD87B #F5E8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E6C845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#E6C845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C845

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C845	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 200, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.148 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d880',
    500: '#e6c845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c845;
$custom-light: #f2d880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.82,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83559,
    "c": 0.14836,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.58561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C845

secondary

#30459F

accent

#58F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C845

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

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