#E6DE45#E6DE45

#E6DE45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.166 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DE45
RGB	rgb(230, 222, 69)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.75, -14.37, 71.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.75, 73.28, 101.31°)
OKLab	oklab(88.08% -0.0468 0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(88.08% 0.166 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.8309, 69.4973, 15.8918)
Luminance	0.6949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DE45 #454DE6

analogous

#E68D45 #E6DE45 #9DE645

triadic

#E6DE45 #45E6DE #DE45E6

tetradic

#E6DE45 #45E68D #454DE6 #E6459D

square

#E6DE45 #45E68D #454DE6 #E6459D

split-complementary

#E6DE45 #459DE6 #8D45E6

monochromatic

#9C9515 #D2C91C #E6DE45 #EDE87B #F5F1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E6DE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.90

#E6DE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DE45

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DE45	1.00	1.41	14.90	14.90
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6de45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 222, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.166 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e882',
    500: '#e6de45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6de45;
$custom-light: #f2e882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6de45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.019,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88084,
    "c": 0.1662,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DE45

secondary

#30369F

accent

#3EF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DE45

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

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