#E6E168#E6E168

#E6E168 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.143 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E168
RGB	rgb(230, 225, 104)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 54.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.81, -13.70, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.81, 60.32, 103.12°)
OKLab	oklab(89.02% -0.0412 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(89.02% 0.143 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.0588, 71.6747, 23.6596)
Luminance	0.7167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E168 #686DE6

analogous

#E6A268 #E6E168 #ACE668

triadic

#E6E168 #68E6E1 #E168E6

tetradic

#E6E168 #68E6A2 #686DE6 #E668AC

square

#E6E168 #68E6A2 #686DE6 #E668AC

split-complementary

#E6E168 #68ACE6 #A268E6

monochromatic

#B6B01E #DDD733 #E6E168 #EFEB9D #F7F6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E6E168 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33

#E6E168 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E168

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E168	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E168	1.00	1.37	15.33	15.33
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D95C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e168;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 225, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.143 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea97',
    500: '#e6e168',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e168;
$custom-light: #f0ea97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e168",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.619,
    "s": 71.591,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89019,
    "c": 0.14275,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E168

secondary

#3C41B6

accent

#1AD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E168

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

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