#E6E445#E6E445

#E6E445 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.172 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E445
RGB	rgb(230, 228, 69)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.32, -17.32, 73.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.32, 75.40, 103.28°)
OKLab	oklab(89.34% -0.0551 0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(89.34% 0.172 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.4529, 72.7414, 16.4324)
Luminance	0.7274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E445 #4547E6

analogous

#E69345 #E6E445 #97E645

triadic

#E6E445 #45E6E4 #E445E6

tetradic

#E6E445 #45E693 #4547E6 #E64597

square

#E6E445 #45E693 #4547E6 #E64597

split-complementary

#E6E445 #4597E6 #9345E6

monochromatic

#9C9A15 #D2CF1C #E6E445 #EDEC7B #F5F4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E6E445 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#E6E445 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E445

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E445	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E445	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e445;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 228, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.172 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ec83',
    500: '#e6e445',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e445;
$custom-light: #f2ec83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e445",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.255,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8934,
    "c": 0.17178,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E445

secondary

#30329F

accent

#37F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E445

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

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