#E6E449#E6E449

#E6E449 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.169 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E449
RGB	rgb(230, 228, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.35, -17.13, 71.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.35, 74.00, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(89.37% -0.0542 0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(89.37% 0.169 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.5813, 72.7927, 17.1086)
Luminance	0.7279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E449 #494BE6

analogous

#E69649 #E6E449 #99E649

triadic

#E6E449 #49E6E4 #E449E6

tetradic

#E6E449 #49E696 #494BE6 #E64999

square

#E6E449 #49E696 #494BE6 #E64999

split-complementary

#E6E449 #4999E6 #9649E6

monochromatic

#9F9D16 #D5D21D #E6E449 #EDEC7F #F5F4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E6E449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#E6E449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E449

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E449	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)

#F6DB30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 228, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.169 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ec85',
    500: '#e6e449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e449;
$custom-light: #f2ec85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.236,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89367,
    "c": 0.16933,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E449

secondary

#3233A2

accent

#38F235

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E449

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

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