#E6E248#E6E248

#E6E248 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.168 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E248
RGB	rgb(230, 226, 72)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 68.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.82, -16.20, 71.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.82, 73.63, 102.71°)
OKLab	oklab(88.94% -0.0516 0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(88.94% 0.168 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.0014, 71.6856, 16.7530)
Luminance	0.7168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E248 #484CE6

analogous

#E69348 #E6E248 #9BE648

triadic

#E6E248 #48E6E2 #E248E6

tetradic

#E6E248 #48E693 #484CE6 #E6489B

square

#E6E248 #48E693 #484CE6 #E6489B

split-complementary

#E6E248 #489BE6 #9348E6

monochromatic

#9E9B16 #D4CF1D #E6E248 #EDEB7E #F5F3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E6E248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#E6E248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E248

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E248	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D92F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 226, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.168 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea84',
    500: '#e6e248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e248;
$custom-light: #f2ea84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.481,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88941,
    "c": 0.16805,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E248

secondary

#3134A1

accent

#3AF335

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E248

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

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