#E6E047#E6E047
#E6E047 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.167 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6E047 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 224, 71) |
| HSL | hsl(58, 76%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(58, 69%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 69.1%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(87.29, -15.26, 71.66) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(87.29, 73.27, 102.02°) |
| OKLab | oklab(88.52% -0.0491 0.1594) |
| OKLCH | oklch(88.52% 0.167 107.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(60.4284, 70.5913, 16.4024) |
| Luminance | 0.7059 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 3.18
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.57
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 3.92
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 4.48
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 5.03
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 5.50
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6E047 #474DE6
analogous
#E69147 #E6E047 #9DE647
triadic
#E6E047 #47E6E0 #E047E6
tetradic
#E6E047 #47E691 #474DE6 #E6479D
square
#E6E047 #47E691 #474DE6 #E6479D
split-complementary
#E6E047 #479DE6 #9147E6
monochromatic
#9D9815 #D3CC1D #E6E047 #EDE97D #F5F2B3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.39
#E6E047 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.12
#E6E047 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6E047
15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6E047 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6E047 | 1.00 | 1.39 | 15.12 | 15.12 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.39 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F3D72E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F6DD52
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6D2C2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DBDBDB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6e047; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 224, 71); /* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.167 107.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2e983',
500: '#e6e047',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6e047; $custom-light: #f2e983; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6e047",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 224,
"b": 71
},
"hsl": {
"h": 57.736,
"s": 76.077,
"l": 59.02
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.88515,
"c": 0.1668,
"h": 107.1
},
"luminance": 0.70589
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6E047
secondary
#3135A0
accent
#3CF335
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFCF2
border
#D7D5CC
text
#17160B
muted
#85847E