#E6C945#E6C945

#E6C945 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.149 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C945
RGB	rgb(230, 201, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.31, -3.79, 66.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.31, 66.58, 93.27°)
OKLab	oklab(83.76% -0.0168 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(83.76% 0.149 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.5966, 59.0288, 14.1470)
Luminance	0.5903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C945 #4562E6

analogous

#E67845 #E6C945 #B2E645

triadic

#E6C945 #45E6C9 #C945E6

tetradic

#E6C945 #45E678 #4562E6 #E645B2

square

#E6C945 #45E678 #4562E6 #E645B2

split-complementary

#E6C945 #45B2E6 #7845E6

monochromatic

#9C8315 #D2B11C #E6C945 #EDD97B #F5E8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E6C945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#E6C945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C945

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C945	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 201, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.149 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d980',
    500: '#e6c945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c945;
$custom-light: #f2d980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.193,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83761,
    "c": 0.14905,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C945

secondary

#30449F

accent

#57F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C945

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

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