#E6E060#E6E060

#E6E060 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.149 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E060
RGB	rgb(230, 224, 96)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 58.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.48, -13.78, 61.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.48, 63.40, 102.55°)
OKLab	oklab(88.73% -0.0423 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(88.73% 0.149 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.4021, 70.9807, 21.5303)
Luminance	0.7098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E060 #6066E6

analogous

#E69D60 #E6E060 #A9E660

triadic

#E6E060 #60E6E0 #E060E6

tetradic

#E6E060 #60E69D #6066E6 #E660A9

square

#E6E060 #60E69D #6066E6 #E660A9

split-complementary

#E6E060 #60A9E6 #9D60E6

monochromatic

#B0A91C #DED62B #E6E060 #EEEA95 #F7F5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E6E060 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.20

#E6E060 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E060

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E060	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E060	1.00	1.38	15.20	15.20
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e060;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 224, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.149 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e992',
    500: '#e6e060',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e060;
$custom-light: #f1e992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e060",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 72.826,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88727,
    "c": 0.14859,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E060

secondary

#393FB1

accent

#19D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E060

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

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