#E6E45C#E6E45C

#E6E45C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.156 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E45C
RGB	rgb(230, 228, 92)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 60%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.49, -16.03, 64.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.49, 66.65, 103.91°)
OKLab	oklab(89.52% -0.0491 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(89.52% 0.156 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.3102, 73.0843, 20.9475)
Luminance	0.7308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E45C #5C5EE6

analogous

#E69F5C #E6E45C #A3E65C

triadic

#E6E45C #5CE6E4 #E45CE6

tetradic

#E6E45C #5CE69F #5C5EE6 #E65CA3

square

#E6E45C #5CE69F #5C5EE6 #E65CA3

split-complementary

#E6E45C #5CA3E6 #9F5CE6

monochromatic

#ADAB1B #DEDB27 #E6E45C #EEED91 #F6F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E6E45C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62

#E6E45C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E45C

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E45C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E45C	1.00	1.34	15.62	15.62
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e45c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 228, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.156 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ec90',
    500: '#e6e45c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e45c;
$custom-light: #f1ec90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e45c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 73.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89523,
    "c": 0.15582,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E45C

secondary

#383AAE

accent

#13D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E45C

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

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