#E6E349#E6E349

#E6E349 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.168 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E349
RGB	rgb(230, 227, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.09, -16.64, 71.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.09, 73.63, 103.06°)
OKLab	oklab(89.16% -0.0528 0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(89.16% 0.168 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.3070, 72.2441, 17.0171)
Luminance	0.7224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E349 #494CE6

analogous

#E69549 #E6E349 #9AE649

triadic

#E6E349 #49E6E3 #E349E6

tetradic

#E6E349 #49E695 #494CE6 #E6499A

square

#E6E349 #49E695 #494CE6 #E6499A

split-complementary

#E6E349 #499AE6 #9549E6

monochromatic

#9F9C16 #D5D11D #E6E349 #EDEB7F #F5F4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E6E349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#E6E349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E349

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E349	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8DF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 227, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.168 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eb85',
    500: '#e6e349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e349;
$custom-light: #f2eb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.854,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89157,
    "c": 0.16837,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E349

secondary

#3234A2

accent

#39F235

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E349

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

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