#E6E45E#E6E45E

#E6E45E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.154 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E45E
RGB	rgb(230, 228, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 59.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.50, -15.89, 63.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.50, 65.82, 103.97°)
OKLab	oklab(89.54% -0.0485 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(89.54% 0.154 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.3988, 73.1197, 21.4141)
Luminance	0.7312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E45E #5E60E6

analogous

#E6A05E #E6E45E #A4E65E

triadic

#E6E45E #5EE6E4 #E45EE6

tetradic

#E6E45E #5EE6A0 #5E60E6 #E65EA4

square

#E6E45E #5EE6A0 #5E60E6 #E65EA4

split-complementary

#E6E45E #5EA4E6 #A05EE6

monochromatic

#AFAC1B #DEDB29 #E6E45E #EEED93 #F6F6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E6E45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62

#E6E45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E45E

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E45E	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)

#F5DB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 228, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.154 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ec91',
    500: '#e6e45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e45e;
$custom-light: #f1ec91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.118,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89541,
    "c": 0.15424,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E45E

secondary

#393AB0

accent

#13D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E45E

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

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