#E6CC45#E6CC45

#E6CC45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.151 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CC45
RGB	rgb(230, 204, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.08, -5.33, 67.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.08, 67.45, 94.53°)
OKLab	oklab(84.37% -0.0212 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(84.37% 0.151 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.3028, 60.4411, 14.3824)
Luminance	0.6044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CC45 #455FE6

analogous

#E67B45 #E6CC45 #AFE645

triadic

#E6CC45 #45E6CC #CC45E6

tetradic

#E6CC45 #45E67B #455FE6 #E645AF

square

#E6CC45 #45E67B #455FE6 #E645AF

split-complementary

#E6CC45 #45AFE6 #7B45E6

monochromatic

#9C8615 #D2B41C #E6CC45 #EDDB7B #F5EAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E6CC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#E6CC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CC45

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CC45	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cc45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 204, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.151 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db80',
    500: '#e6cc45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cc45;
$custom-light: #f2db80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cc45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.311,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84371,
    "c": 0.15122,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CC45

secondary

#30429F

accent

#54F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CC45

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

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