#E6E161#E6E161

#E6E161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.149 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E161
RGB	rgb(230, 225, 97)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.75, -14.21, 61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.75, 63.37, 102.96°)
OKLab	oklab(88.95% -0.0434 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(88.95% 0.149 107)
XYZ	xyz(61.7179, 71.5384, 21.8641)
Luminance	0.7154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E161 #6166E6

analogous

#E69F61 #E6E161 #A9E661

triadic

#E6E161 #61E6E1 #E161E6

tetradic

#E6E161 #61E69F #6166E6 #E661A9

square

#E6E161 #61E69F #6166E6 #E661A9

split-complementary

#E6E161 #61A9E6 #9F61E6

monochromatic

#B1AB1C #DED72C #E6E161 #EEEB96 #F7F5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E6E161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#E6E161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E161

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E161	1.00	1.37	15.31	15.31
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 225, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.149 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea92',
    500: '#e6e161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e161;
$custom-light: #f1ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.744,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88945,
    "c": 0.14875,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.71536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E161

secondary

#3A3EB1

accent

#18D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E161

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

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