#E6E16F#E6E16F

#E6E16F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.136 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E16F
RGB	rgb(230, 225, 111)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 51.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.88, -13.14, 55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.88, 57.18, 103.29°)
OKLab	oklab(89.1% -0.0389 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(89.1% 0.136 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.4293, 71.8229, 25.6105)
Luminance	0.7182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E16F #6F74E6

analogous

#E6A66F #E6E16F #B0E66F

triadic

#E6E16F #6FE6E1 #E16FE6

tetradic

#E6E16F #6FE6A6 #6F74E6 #E66FB0

square

#E6E16F #6FE6A6 #6F74E6 #E66FB0

split-complementary

#E6E16F #6FB0E6 #A66FE6

monochromatic

#BAB420 #DDD63B #E6E16F #EFECA3 #F8F7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E6E16F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#E6E16F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E16F

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E16F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E16F	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)

#F1DA64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e16f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 225, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.136 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea9b',
    500: '#e6e16f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e16f;
$custom-light: #f0ea9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e16f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.479,
    "s": 70.414,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89099,
    "c": 0.13637,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E16F

secondary

#3F44BA

accent

#1BD213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E16F

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

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