#E6C849#E6C849

#E6C849 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.146 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C849
RGB	rgb(230, 200, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.08, -3.08, 64.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.08, 64.75, 92.72°)
OKLab	oklab(83.59% -0.0143 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(83.59% 0.146 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.4927, 58.6154, 14.7457)
Luminance	0.5861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C849 #4967E6

analogous

#E67A49 #E6C849 #B6E649

triadic

#E6C849 #49E6C8 #C849E6

tetradic

#E6C849 #49E67A #4967E6 #E649B6

square

#E6C849 #49E67A #4967E6 #E649B6

split-complementary

#E6C849 #49B6E6 #7A49E6

monochromatic

#9F8516 #D5B21D #E6C849 #EDD87F #F5E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E6C849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#E6C849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C849

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C849	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 200, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.146 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d882',
    500: '#e6c849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c849;
$custom-light: #f2d882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.535,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8359,
    "c": 0.14569,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C849

secondary

#3247A2

accent

#59F235

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C849

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

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