#E6E162#E6E162

#E6E162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.148 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E162
RGB	rgb(230, 225, 98)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 57.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.75, -14.14, 61.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.75, 62.94, 102.98°)
OKLab	oklab(88.96% -0.0431 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(88.96% 0.148 107)
XYZ	xyz(61.7648, 71.5571, 22.1113)
Luminance	0.7156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E162 #6267E6

analogous

#E69F62 #E6E162 #A9E662

triadic

#E6E162 #62E6E1 #E162E6

tetradic

#E6E162 #62E69F #6267E6 #E662A9

square

#E6E162 #62E69F #6267E6 #E662A9

split-complementary

#E6E162 #62A9E6 #9F62E6

monochromatic

#B1AC1C #DED72D #E6E162 #EEEB97 #F7F5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E6E162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#E6E162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E162

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E162	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)

#F2D954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 225, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.148 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea93',
    500: '#e6e162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e162;
$custom-light: #f1ea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.727,
    "s": 72.527,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88955,
    "c": 0.14792,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.71555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E162

secondary

#3A3FB2

accent

#18D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E162

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

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