#E6E645#E6E645

#E6E645 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.174 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E645
RGB	rgb(230, 230, 69)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.85, -18.30, 73.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.85, 76.13, 103.91°)
OKLab	oklab(89.76% -0.0578 0.1638)
OKLCH	oklch(89.76% 0.174 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.0063, 73.8481, 16.6169)
Luminance	0.7385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E645 #4545E6

analogous

#E69545 #E6E645 #95E645

triadic

#E6E645 #45E6E6 #E645E6

tetradic

#E6E645 #45E695 #4545E6 #E64595

square

#E6E645 #45E695 #4545E6 #E64595

split-complementary

#E6E645 #4595E6 #9545E6

monochromatic

#9C9C15 #D2D21C #E6E645 #EDED7B #F5F5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E6E645 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#E6E645 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E645

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E645	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E645	1.00	1.33	15.77	15.77
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DC28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e645;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 230, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.174 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed83',
    500: '#e6e645',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e645;
$custom-light: #f2ed83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e645",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8976,
    "c": 0.17369,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E645

secondary

#30309F

accent

#35F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E645

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

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