#E6D945#E6D945

#E6D945 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.162 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D945
RGB	rgb(230, 217, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.44, -11.89, 70.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.44, 71.57, 99.56°)
OKLab	oklab(87.04% -0.0398 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(87.04% 0.162 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.5226, 66.8807, 15.4557)
Luminance	0.6688 (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

#E6D945 #4552E6

analogous

#E68845 #E6D945 #A2E645

triadic

#E6D945 #45E6D9 #D945E6

tetradic

#E6D945 #45E688 #4552E6 #E645A2

square

#E6D945 #45E688 #4552E6 #E645A2

split-complementary

#E6D945 #45A2E6 #8845E6

monochromatic

#9C9115 #D2C31C #E6D945 #EDE47B #F5EFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E6D945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#E6D945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D945

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D945	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 217, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.162 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e482',
    500: '#e6d945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d945;
$custom-light: #f2e482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.155,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87044,
    "c": 0.16175,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D945

secondary

#30399F

accent

#44F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D945

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

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