#E6E138#E6E138

#E6E138 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.176 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E138
RGB	rgb(230, 225, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 78%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 75.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.47, -16.40, 76.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.47, 78.55, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(88.63% -0.0536 0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(88.63% 0.176 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.2746, 70.9610, 14.2625)
Luminance	0.7096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E138 #383DE6

analogous

#E68A38 #E6E138 #94E638

triadic

#E6E138 #38E6E1 #E138E6

tetradic

#E6E138 #38E68A #383DE6 #E63894

square

#E6E138 #38E68A #383DE6 #E63894

split-complementary

#E6E138 #3894E6 #8A38E6

monochromatic

#918E12 #C8C319 #E6E138 #EDE96E #F4F1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E6E138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#E6E138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E138

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E138	1.00	1.38	15.19	15.19
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D808

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 225, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.176 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea7c',
    500: '#e6e138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e138;
$custom-light: #f2ea7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.276,
    "s": 77.679,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88633,
    "c": 0.17608,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E138

secondary

#2C2F96

accent

#39F434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18160A

muted

#86847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E138

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

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