#E6DE49#E6DE49

#E6DE49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.164 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DE49
RGB	rgb(230, 222, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.78, -14.17, 70.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.78, 71.84, 101.38°)
OKLab	oklab(88.11% -0.0459 0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(88.11% 0.164 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.9593, 69.5487, 16.5679)
Luminance	0.6955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DE49 #4951E6

analogous

#E69049 #E6DE49 #9FE649

triadic

#E6DE49 #49E6DE #DE49E6

tetradic

#E6DE49 #49E690 #4951E6 #E6499F

square

#E6DE49 #49E690 #4951E6 #E6499F

split-complementary

#E6DE49 #499FE6 #9049E6

monochromatic

#9F9816 #D5CB1D #E6DE49 #EDE87F #F5F2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E6DE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.91

#E6DE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DE49

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DE49	1.00	1.41	14.91	14.91
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6de49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 222, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.164 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e884',
    500: '#e6de49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6de49;
$custom-light: #f2e884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6de49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.943,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88112,
    "c": 0.16369,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DE49

secondary

#3237A2

accent

#3FF235

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DE49

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

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