#E6E44F#E6E44F

#E6E44F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.165 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E44F
RGB	rgb(230, 228, 79)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 65.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.39, -16.81, 69.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.39, 71.79, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(89.41% -0.0527 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(89.41% 0.165 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.7899, 72.8762, 18.2073)
Luminance	0.7287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E44F #4F51E6

analogous

#E6984F #E6E44F #9DE64F

triadic

#E6E44F #4FE6E4 #E44FE6

tetradic

#E6E44F #4FE698 #4F51E6 #E64F9D

square

#E6E44F #4FE698 #4F51E6 #E64F9D

split-complementary

#E6E44F #4F9DE6 #984FE6

monochromatic

#A3A217 #D9D71F #E6E44F #EEEC85 #F5F4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E6E44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#E6E44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E44F

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E44F	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)

#F6DB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 228, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.165 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ec88',
    500: '#e6e44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e44f;
$custom-light: #f1ec88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.205,
    "s": 75.124,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89412,
    "c": 0.16537,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E44F

secondary

#3335A6

accent

#11D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E44F

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

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