#E6E44A#E6E44A

#E6E44A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.169 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E44A
RGB	rgb(230, 228, 74)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 67.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.36, -17.08, 71.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.36, 73.64, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(89.37% -0.0539 0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(89.37% 0.169 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.6147, 72.8061, 17.2846)
Luminance	0.7280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E44A #4A4CE6

analogous

#E6964A #E6E44A #9AE64A

triadic

#E6E44A #4AE6E4 #E44AE6

tetradic

#E6E44A #4AE696 #4A4CE6 #E64A9A

square

#E6E44A #4AE696 #4A4CE6 #E64A9A

split-complementary

#E6E44A #4A9AE6 #964AE6

monochromatic

#A09E16 #D5D31D #E6E44A #EDEC80 #F5F4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E6E44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#E6E44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E44A

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E44A	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)

#F6DB32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 228, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.169 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ec85',
    500: '#e6e44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e44a;
$custom-light: #f2ec85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.231,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89374,
    "c": 0.16869,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E44A

secondary

#3233A2

accent

#38F235

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E44A

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

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