#E6CA45#E6CA45

#E6CA45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.150 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CA45
RGB	rgb(230, 202, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.56, -4.31, 66.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.56, 66.87, 93.69°)
OKLab	oklab(83.96% -0.0183 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(83.96% 0.15 97)
XYZ	xyz(54.8305, 59.4965, 14.2250)
Luminance	0.5949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CA45 #4561E6

analogous

#E67945 #E6CA45 #B1E645

triadic

#E6CA45 #45E6CA #CA45E6

tetradic

#E6CA45 #45E679 #4561E6 #E645B1

square

#E6CA45 #45E679 #4561E6 #E645B1

split-complementary

#E6CA45 #45B1E6 #7945E6

monochromatic

#9C8415 #D2B21C #E6CA45 #EDD97B #F5E9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E6CA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#E6CA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CA45

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CA45	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ca45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 202, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.150 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d980',
    500: '#e6ca45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ca45;
$custom-light: #f2d980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ca45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83964,
    "c": 0.14976,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.59494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CA45

secondary

#30449F

accent

#56F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CA45

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

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