#E6E549#E6E549

#E6E549 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.170 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E549
RGB	rgb(230, 229, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.61, -17.61, 72.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.61, 74.37, 103.70°)
OKLab	oklab(89.58% -0.0555 0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(89.58% 0.17 109)
XYZ	xyz(61.8572, 73.3445, 17.2005)
Luminance	0.7334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E549 #494AE6

analogous

#E69749 #E6E549 #99E649

triadic

#E6E549 #49E6E5 #E549E6

tetradic

#E6E549 #49E697 #494AE6 #E64999

square

#E6E549 #49E697 #494AE6 #E64999

split-complementary

#E6E549 #4999E6 #9749E6

monochromatic

#9F9E16 #D5D31D #E6E549 #EDED7F #F5F4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E6E549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.67

#E6E549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E549

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E549	1.00	1.34	15.67	15.67
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 229, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.170 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ec85',
    500: '#e6e549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e549;
$custom-light: #f2ec85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.618,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89577,
    "c": 0.17029,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.73343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E549

secondary

#3232A2

accent

#37F235

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E549

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

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