#E6E160#E6E160

#E6E160 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.150 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E160
RGB	rgb(230, 225, 96)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 58.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.74, -14.28, 62.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.74, 63.80, 102.93°)
OKLab	oklab(88.94% -0.0437 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(88.94% 0.15 107)
XYZ	xyz(61.6716, 71.5198, 21.6201)
Luminance	0.7152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E160 #6065E6

analogous

#E69E60 #E6E160 #A8E660

triadic

#E6E160 #60E6E1 #E160E6

tetradic

#E6E160 #60E69E #6065E6 #E660A8

square

#E6E160 #60E69E #6065E6 #E660A8

split-complementary

#E6E160 #60A8E6 #9E60E6

monochromatic

#B0AA1C #DED72B #E6E160 #EEEB95 #F7F5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E6E160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.30

#E6E160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E160

15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E160	1.00	1.37	15.30	15.30
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 225, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.150 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea92',
    500: '#e6e160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e160;
$custom-light: #f1ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.761,
    "s": 72.826,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88935,
    "c": 0.14959,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.71518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E160

secondary

#393EB1

accent

#18D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E160

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

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