#E6E44C#E6E44C

#E6E44C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.167 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E44C
RGB	rgb(230, 228, 76)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 67%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.37, -16.97, 70.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.37, 72.91, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(89.39% -0.0534 0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(89.39% 0.167 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.6832, 72.8335, 17.6451)
Luminance	0.7283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E44C #4C4EE6

analogous

#E6974C #E6E44C #9BE64C

triadic

#E6E44C #4CE6E4 #E44CE6

tetradic

#E6E44C #4CE697 #4C4EE6 #E64C9B

square

#E6E44C #4CE697 #4C4EE6 #E64C9B

split-complementary

#E6E44C #4C9BE6 #974CE6

monochromatic

#A19F17 #D7D41E #E6E44C #EDEC82 #F5F4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E6E44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#E6E44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E44C

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E44C	1.00	1.35	15.57	15.57
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 228, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.167 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ec86',
    500: '#e6e44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e44c;
$custom-light: #f1ec86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.221,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89389,
    "c": 0.16739,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E44C

secondary

#3334A4

accent

#38F236

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E44C

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

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