#E6CE45#E6CE45

#E6CE45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.153 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CE45
RGB	rgb(230, 206, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.59, -6.35, 67.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.59, 68.05, 95.35°)
OKLab	oklab(84.78% -0.0241 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(84.78% 0.153 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.7812, 61.3979, 14.5419)
Luminance	0.6139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CE45 #455DE6

analogous

#E67D45 #E6CE45 #ADE645

triadic

#E6CE45 #45E6CE #CE45E6

tetradic

#E6CE45 #45E67D #455DE6 #E645AD

square

#E6CE45 #45E67D #455DE6 #E645AD

split-complementary

#E6CE45 #45ADE6 #7D45E6

monochromatic

#9C8815 #D2B71C #E6CE45 #EDDC7B #F5EAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E6CE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#E6CE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CE45

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CE45	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ce45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 206, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.153 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc81',
    500: '#e6ce45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ce45;
$custom-light: #f2dc81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ce45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.056,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84779,
    "c": 0.15273,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CE45

secondary

#30419F

accent

#51F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CE45

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

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