#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
RGBrgb(230, 226, 73)
HSLhsl(58, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(58, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.7%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(87.82, -16.15, 71.47)
CIE-LCHlch(87.82, 73.27, 102.73°)
OKLaboklab(88.95% -0.0514 0.1593)
OKLCHoklch(88.95% 0.167 107.9)
XYZxyz(61.0343, 71.6987, 16.9262)
Luminance0.7170 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E6E2491.001.3715.3415.34
#FFFFFF1.371.0021.0021.00
#00000015.3421.001.001.00
##00000015.3421.001.001.00

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

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#E6E249 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva