#E6D949#E6D949

#E6D949 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.159 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D949
RGB	rgb(230, 217, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.47, -11.69, 69.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.47, 70.10, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(87.07% -0.0388 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(87.07% 0.159 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.6510, 66.9320, 16.1318)
Luminance	0.6693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D949 #4956E6

analogous

#E68B49 #E6D949 #A5E649

triadic

#E6D949 #49E6D9 #D949E6

tetradic

#E6D949 #49E68B #4956E6 #E649A5

square

#E6D949 #49E68B #4956E6 #E649A5

split-complementary

#E6D949 #49A5E6 #8B49E6

monochromatic

#9F9316 #D5C51D #E6D949 #EDE47F #F5EFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E6D949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#E6D949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D949

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D949	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 217, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.159 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e484',
    500: '#e6d949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d949;
$custom-light: #f2e484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.032,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87073,
    "c": 0.15918,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D949

secondary

#323BA2

accent

#45F235

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D949

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

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