#E6E249#E6E249

#E6E249 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.167 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E249
RGB	rgb(230, 226, 73)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.82, -16.15, 71.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.82, 73.27, 102.73°)
OKLab	oklab(88.95% -0.0514 0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(88.95% 0.167 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.0343, 71.6987, 16.9262)
Luminance	0.7170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E249 #494DE6

analogous

#E69349 #E6E249 #9CE649

triadic

#E6E249 #49E6E2 #E249E6

tetradic

#E6E249 #49E693 #494DE6 #E6499C

square

#E6E249 #49E693 #494DE6 #E6499C

split-complementary

#E6E249 #499CE6 #9349E6

monochromatic

#9F9B16 #D5D01D #E6E249 #EDEB7F #F5F3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E6E249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#E6E249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E249

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E249	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)

#F4D931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 226, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.167 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea85',
    500: '#e6e249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e249;
$custom-light: #f2ea85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.471,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88948,
    "c": 0.16742,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E249

secondary

#3234A2

accent

#3AF235

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E249

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

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