#E6C949#E6C949

#E6C949 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.146 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C949
RGB	rgb(230, 201, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, -3.59, 64.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 65.03, 93.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.79% -0.0158 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(83.79% 0.146 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.7250, 59.0801, 14.8231)
Luminance	0.5908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C949 #4966E6

analogous

#E67B49 #E6C949 #B5E649

triadic

#E6C949 #49E6C9 #C949E6

tetradic

#E6C949 #49E67B #4966E6 #E649B5

square

#E6C949 #49E67B #4966E6 #E649B5

split-complementary

#E6C949 #49B5E6 #7B49E6

monochromatic

#9F8516 #D5B31D #E6C949 #EDD97F #F5E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E6C949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#E6C949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C949

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C949	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 201, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.146 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d982',
    500: '#e6c949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c949;
$custom-light: #f2d982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.917,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83793,
    "c": 0.14639,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C949

secondary

#3246A2

accent

#58F235

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C949

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

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