#E6E05B#E6E05B

#E6E05B 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 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E05B
RGB	rgb(230, 224, 91)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 60.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.43, -14.12, 63.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.43, 65.51, 102.45°)
OKLab	oklab(88.68% -0.0438 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(88.68% 0.153 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.1791, 70.8916, 20.3563)
Luminance	0.7089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E05B #5B61E6

analogous

#E69A5B #E6E05B #A6E65B

triadic

#E6E05B #5BE6E0 #E05BE6

tetradic

#E6E05B #5BE69A #5B61E6 #E65BA6

square

#E6E05B #5BE69A #5B61E6 #E65BA6

split-complementary

#E6E05B #5BA6E6 #9A5BE6

monochromatic

#ACA61A #DED626 #E6E05B #EEEA90 #F6F4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E6E05B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#E6E05B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E05B

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E05B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E05B	1.00	1.38	15.18	15.18
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e05b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 224, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.153 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e98f',
    500: '#e6e05b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e05b;
$custom-light: #f1e98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e05b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.41,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88679,
    "c": 0.15264,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E05B

secondary

#383DAE

accent

#18D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E05B

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

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