#E6E049#E6E049

#E6E049 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.166 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E049
RGB	rgb(230, 224, 73)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.30, -15.16, 70.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.30, 72.55, 102.06°)
OKLab	oklab(88.53% -0.0486 0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(88.53% 0.166 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.4936, 70.6174, 16.7460)
Luminance	0.7062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E049 #494FE6

analogous

#E69249 #E6E049 #9EE649

triadic

#E6E049 #49E6E0 #E049E6

tetradic

#E6E049 #49E692 #494FE6 #E6499E

square

#E6E049 #49E692 #494FE6 #E6499E

split-complementary

#E6E049 #499EE6 #9249E6

monochromatic

#9F9A16 #D5CE1D #E6E049 #EDE97F #F5F2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E6E049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.12

#E6E049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E049

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E049	1.00	1.39	15.12	15.12
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 224, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.166 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e984',
    500: '#e6e049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e049;
$custom-light: #f2e984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.707,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8853,
    "c": 0.16554,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E049

secondary

#3236A2

accent

#3DF235

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E049

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

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