#E6E149#E6E149

#E6E149 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.166 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E149
RGB	rgb(230, 225, 73)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.56, -15.65, 71.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.56, 72.91, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(88.74% -0.05 0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(88.74% 0.166 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.7632, 71.1565, 16.8358)
Luminance	0.7115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E149 #494EE6

analogous

#E69349 #E6E149 #9DE649

triadic

#E6E149 #49E6E1 #E149E6

tetradic

#E6E149 #49E693 #494EE6 #E6499D

square

#E6E149 #49E693 #494EE6 #E6499D

split-complementary

#E6E149 #499DE6 #9349E6

monochromatic

#9F9A16 #D5CF1D #E6E149 #EDEA7F #F5F3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E6E149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.23

#E6E149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E149

15.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E149	1.00	1.38	15.23	15.23
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 225, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.166 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea85',
    500: '#e6e149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e149;
$custom-light: #f2ea85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.089,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88739,
    "c": 0.16647,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E149

secondary

#3235A2

accent

#3BF235

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E149

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

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