#E6D045#E6D045

#E6D045 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.154 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D045
RGB	rgb(230, 208, 69)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.11, -7.36, 68.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.11, 68.66, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(85.19% -0.027 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(85.19% 0.154 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.2658, 62.3670, 14.7034)
Luminance	0.6236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D045 #455BE6

analogous

#E67F45 #E6D045 #ABE645

triadic

#E6D045 #45E6D0 #D045E6

tetradic

#E6D045 #45E67F #455BE6 #E645AB

square

#E6D045 #45E67F #455BE6 #E645AB

split-complementary

#E6D045 #45ABE6 #7F45E6

monochromatic

#9C8915 #D2B91C #E6D045 #EDDE7B #F5EBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E6D045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#E6D045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D045

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D045	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 208, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.154 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2de81',
    500: '#e6d045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d045;
$custom-light: #f2de81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.801,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85188,
    "c": 0.15427,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D045

secondary

#303F9F

accent

#4FF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D045

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

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