#E6CD45#E6CD45

#E6CD45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.152 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CD45
RGB	rgb(230, 205, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.33, -5.84, 67.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.33, 67.75, 94.94°)
OKLab	oklab(84.58% -0.0227 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(84.58% 0.152 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.5413, 60.9180, 14.4619)
Luminance	0.6091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CD45 #455EE6

analogous

#E67C45 #E6CD45 #AEE645

triadic

#E6CD45 #45E6CD #CD45E6

tetradic

#E6CD45 #45E67C #455EE6 #E645AE

square

#E6CD45 #45E67C #455EE6 #E645AE

split-complementary

#E6CD45 #45AEE6 #7C45E6

monochromatic

#9C8715 #D2B51C #E6CD45 #EDDC7B #F5EAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E6CD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#E6CD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CD45

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CD45	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 205, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.152 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db81',
    500: '#e6cd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cd45;
$custom-light: #f2db81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.683,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84575,
    "c": 0.15197,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CD45

secondary

#30419F

accent

#52F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CD45

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

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