#E6D947#E6D947

#E6D947 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.160 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D947
RGB	rgb(230, 217, 71)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 69.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.46, -11.79, 69.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.46, 70.84, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(87.06% -0.0393 0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(87.06% 0.16 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.5857, 66.9059, 15.7882)
Luminance	0.6690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D947 #4754E6

analogous

#E68A47 #E6D947 #A4E647

triadic

#E6D947 #47E6D9 #D947E6

tetradic

#E6D947 #47E68A #4754E6 #E647A4

square

#E6D947 #47E68A #4754E6 #E647A4

split-complementary

#E6D947 #47A4E6 #8A47E6

monochromatic

#9D9215 #D3C41D #E6D947 #EDE47D #F5EFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E6D947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#E6D947 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D947

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D947	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)

#ECD230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 217, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.160 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e483',
    500: '#e6d947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d947;
$custom-light: #f2e483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.094,
    "s": 76.077,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87058,
    "c": 0.16048,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D947

secondary

#313AA0

accent

#45F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D947

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

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