#E6DC45#E6DC45

#E6DC45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.164 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DC45
RGB	rgb(230, 220, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.23, -13.38, 71.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.23, 72.59, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(87.67% -0.044 0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(87.67% 0.164 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.3029, 68.4413, 15.7158)
Luminance	0.6844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DC45 #454FE6

analogous

#E68B45 #E6DC45 #9FE645

triadic

#E6DC45 #45E6DC #DC45E6

tetradic

#E6DC45 #45E68B #454FE6 #E6459F

square

#E6DC45 #45E68B #454FE6 #E6459F

split-complementary

#E6DC45 #459FE6 #8B45E6

monochromatic

#9C9315 #D2C61C #E6DC45 #EDE67B #F5F0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E6DC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#E6DC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DC45

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DC45	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dc45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 220, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.164 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e682',
    500: '#e6dc45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dc45;
$custom-light: #f2e682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dc45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.273,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87667,
    "c": 0.16439,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DC45

secondary

#30379F

accent

#41F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DC45

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

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