#E6E749#E6E749

#E6E749 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.172 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E749
RGB	rgb(230, 231, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 68.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.14, -18.59, 72.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.14, 75.11, 104.33°)
OKLab	oklab(90% -0.0583 0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(90% 0.172 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.4138, 74.4576, 17.3860)
Luminance	0.7446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E749 #4A49E7

analogous

#E79949 #E6E749 #97E749

triadic

#E6E749 #49E6E7 #E749E6

tetradic

#E6E749 #49E799 #4A49E7 #E74997

square

#E6E749 #49E799 #4A49E7 #E74997

split-complementary

#E6E749 #4997E7 #9949E7

monochromatic

#A0A015 #D5D71C #E6E749 #EDEE7F #F5F5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E6E749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.89

#E6E749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E749

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E749	1.00	1.32	15.89	15.89
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 231, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.172 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ee85',
    500: '#e6e749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e749;
$custom-light: #f2ee85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.38,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89997,
    "c": 0.17222,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E749

secondary

#3231A3

accent

#35F336

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E749

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

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