#E6E05A#E6E05A

#E6E05A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.153 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E05A
RGB	rgb(230, 224, 90)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 60.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.42, -14.18, 64.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.42, 65.92, 102.42°)
OKLab	oklab(88.67% -0.0441 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(88.67% 0.153 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.1363, 70.8744, 20.1306)
Luminance	0.7087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E05A #5A60E6

analogous

#E69A5A #E6E05A #A6E65A

triadic

#E6E05A #5AE6E0 #E05AE6

tetradic

#E6E05A #5AE69A #5A60E6 #E65AA6

square

#E6E05A #5AE69A #5A60E6 #E65AA6

split-complementary

#E6E05A #5AA6E6 #9A5AE6

monochromatic

#ACA51A #DED625 #E6E05A #EEEA8F #F6F4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E6E05A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#E6E05A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E05A

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E05A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E05A	1.00	1.38	15.17	15.17
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e05a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 224, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.153 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e98e',
    500: '#e6e05a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e05a;
$custom-light: #f1e98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e05a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.429,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88669,
    "c": 0.15342,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E05A

secondary

#373CAD

accent

#18D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E05A

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

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