#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
RGBrgb(230, 225, 73)
HSLhsl(58, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(58, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2.2%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(87.56, -15.65, 71.21)
CIE-LCHlch(87.56, 72.91, 102.40°)
OKLaboklab(88.74% -0.05 0.1588)
OKLCHoklch(88.74% 0.166 107.5)
XYZxyz(60.7632, 71.1565, 16.8358)
Luminance0.7115 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##E6E1491.001.3815.2315.23
#FFFFFF1.381.0021.0021.00
#00000015.2321.001.001.00
##00000015.2321.001.001.00

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

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#E6E149 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva