#E6D845#E6D845

#E6D845 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.161 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D845
RGB	rgb(230, 216, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.18, -11.39, 70.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.18, 71.23, 99.20°)
OKLab	oklab(86.84% -0.0384 0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(86.84% 0.161 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.2656, 66.3667, 15.3700)
Luminance	0.6636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D845 #4553E6

analogous

#E68745 #E6D845 #A3E645

triadic

#E6D845 #45E6D8 #D845E6

tetradic

#E6D845 #45E687 #4553E6 #E645A3

square

#E6D845 #45E687 #4553E6 #E645A3

split-complementary

#E6D845 #45A3E6 #8745E6

monochromatic

#9C9015 #D2C21C #E6D845 #EDE37B #F5EFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E6D845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#E6D845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D845

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D845	1.00	1.47	14.27	14.27
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 216, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.161 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e382',
    500: '#e6d845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d845;
$custom-light: #f2e382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86837,
    "c": 0.16088,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D845

secondary

#303A9F

accent

#45F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D845

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

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