#E6DE60#E6DE60

#E6DE60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.147 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DE60
RGB	rgb(230, 222, 96)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 58.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.95, -12.79, 61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.95, 62.63, 101.78°)
OKLab	oklab(88.31% -0.0395 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(88.31% 0.147 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.8677, 69.9121, 21.3522)
Luminance	0.6991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DE60 #6068E6

analogous

#E69B60 #E6DE60 #ABE660

triadic

#E6DE60 #60E6DE #DE60E6

tetradic

#E6DE60 #60E69B #6068E6 #E660AB

square

#E6DE60 #60E69B #6068E6 #E660AB

split-complementary

#E6DE60 #60ABE6 #9B60E6

monochromatic

#B0A71C #DED32B #E6DE60 #EEE995 #F7F4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E6DE60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.98

#E6DE60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DE60

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DE60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DE60	1.00	1.40	14.98	14.98
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6de60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 222, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.147 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e892',
    500: '#e6de60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6de60;
$custom-light: #f1e892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6de60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.418,
    "s": 72.826,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88312,
    "c": 0.14662,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DE60

secondary

#3941B1

accent

#1CD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DE60

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

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