#E6E245#E6E245

#E6E245 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.170 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E245
RGB	rgb(230, 226, 69)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.80, -16.34, 72.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.80, 74.69, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(88.92% -0.0523 0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(88.92% 0.17 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.9059, 71.6474, 16.2501)
Luminance	0.7165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E245 #4549E6

analogous

#E69145 #E6E245 #99E645

triadic

#E6E245 #45E6E2 #E245E6

tetradic

#E6E245 #45E691 #4549E6 #E64599

square

#E6E245 #45E691 #4549E6 #E64599

split-complementary

#E6E245 #4599E6 #9145E6

monochromatic

#9C9815 #D2CD1C #E6E245 #EDEA7B #F5F3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E6E245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33

#E6E245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E245

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E245	1.00	1.37	15.33	15.33
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D92A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 226, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.170 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea82',
    500: '#e6e245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e245;
$custom-light: #f2ea82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.509,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8892,
    "c": 0.16989,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E245

secondary

#30339F

accent

#3AF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E245

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

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