#E6E447#E6E447

#E6E447 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.171 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E447
RGB	rgb(230, 228, 71)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 69.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.34, -17.22, 72.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.34, 74.71, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(89.35% -0.0546 0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(89.35% 0.171 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.5161, 72.7666, 16.7649)
Luminance	0.7277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E447 #4749E6

analogous

#E69547 #E6E447 #99E647

triadic

#E6E447 #47E6E4 #E447E6

tetradic

#E6E447 #47E695 #4749E6 #E64799

square

#E6E447 #47E695 #4749E6 #E64799

split-complementary

#E6E447 #4799E6 #9547E6

monochromatic

#9D9C15 #D3D11D #E6E447 #EDEC7D #F5F4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E6E447 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#E6E447 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E447

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E447	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E447	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)

#F6DB2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e447;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 228, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.171 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ec84',
    500: '#e6e447',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e447;
$custom-light: #f2ec84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e447",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.245,
    "s": 76.077,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89353,
    "c": 0.17057,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E447

secondary

#3132A0

accent

#38F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E447

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

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