#E6E045#E6E045

#E6E045 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.168 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E045
RGB	rgb(230, 224, 69)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.27, -15.36, 72.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.27, 73.98, 101.98°)
OKLab	oklab(88.5% -0.0496 0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(88.5% 0.168 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.3653, 70.5660, 16.0699)
Luminance	0.7056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E045 #454BE6

analogous

#E68F45 #E6E045 #9BE645

triadic

#E6E045 #45E6E0 #E045E6

tetradic

#E6E045 #45E68F #454BE6 #E6459B

square

#E6E045 #45E68F #454BE6 #E6459B

split-complementary

#E6E045 #459BE6 #8F45E6

monochromatic

#9C9715 #D2CB1C #E6E045 #EDE97B #F5F2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E6E045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.11

#E6E045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E045

15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E045	1.00	1.39	15.11	15.11
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 224, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.168 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e982',
    500: '#e6e045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e045;
$custom-light: #f2e982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.764,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88502,
    "c": 0.16803,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E045

secondary

#30349F

accent

#3CF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E045

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

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