#E6D848#E6D848

#E6D848 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.159 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D848
RGB	rgb(230, 216, 72)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 68.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.20, -11.24, 69.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.20, 70.13, 99.22°)
OKLab	oklab(86.86% -0.0377 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(86.86% 0.159 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.3611, 66.4049, 15.8729)
Luminance	0.6640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D848 #4856E6

analogous

#E68948 #E6D848 #A5E648

triadic

#E6D848 #48E6D8 #D848E6

tetradic

#E6D848 #48E689 #4856E6 #E648A5

square

#E6D848 #48E689 #4856E6 #E648A5

split-complementary

#E6D848 #48A5E6 #8948E6

monochromatic

#9E9216 #D4C41D #E6D848 #EDE37E #F5EFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E6D848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#E6D848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D848

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D848	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 216, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.159 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e383',
    500: '#e6d848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d848;
$custom-light: #f2e383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.684,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86858,
    "c": 0.15896,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D848

secondary

#313BA1

accent

#46F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D848

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

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