#E6E448#E6E448

#E6E448 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.170 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E448
RGB	rgb(230, 228, 72)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 68.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.34, -17.18, 72.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.34, 74.35, 103.36°)
OKLab	oklab(89.36% -0.0544 0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(89.36% 0.17 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.5484, 72.7796, 16.9353)
Luminance	0.7278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E448 #484AE6

analogous

#E69548 #E6E448 #99E648

triadic

#E6E448 #48E6E4 #E448E6

tetradic

#E6E448 #48E695 #484AE6 #E64899

square

#E6E448 #48E695 #484AE6 #E64899

split-complementary

#E6E448 #4899E6 #9548E6

monochromatic

#9E9C16 #D4D21D #E6E448 #EDEC7E #F5F4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E6E448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#E6E448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E448

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E448	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 228, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.170 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ec84',
    500: '#e6e448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e448;
$custom-light: #f2ec84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.241,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8936,
    "c": 0.16995,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E448

secondary

#3133A1

accent

#38F335

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E448

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

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