#E6E16E#E6E16E

#E6E16E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.137 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E16E
RGB	rgb(230, 225, 110)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 52.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.87, -13.22, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.87, 57.64, 103.26°)
OKLab	oklab(89.09% -0.0393 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(89.09% 0.137 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.3745, 71.8010, 25.3221)
Luminance	0.7180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E16E #6E73E6

analogous

#E6A56E #E6E16E #AFE66E

triadic

#E6E16E #6EE6E1 #E16EE6

tetradic

#E6E16E #6EE6A5 #6E73E6 #E66EAF

square

#E6E16E #6EE6A5 #6E73E6 #E66EAF

split-complementary

#E6E16E #6EAFE6 #A56EE6

monochromatic

#BAB320 #DDD63A #E6E16E #EFECA2 #F8F7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E6E16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#E6E16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E16E

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E16E	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 225, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.137 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea9b',
    500: '#e6e16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e16e;
$custom-light: #f0ea9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89087,
    "c": 0.13731,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E16E

secondary

#3F44B9

accent

#1BD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E16E

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

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