#E6E172#E6E172

#E6E172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.134 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E172
RGB	rgb(230, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 50.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.92, -12.89, 54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.92, 55.81, 103.36°)
OKLab	oklab(89.14% -0.0379 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(89.14% 0.134 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.5972, 71.8901, 26.4951)
Luminance	0.7189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E172 #7277E6

analogous

#E6A772 #E6E172 #B1E672

triadic

#E6E172 #72E6E1 #E172E6

tetradic

#E6E172 #72E6A7 #7277E6 #E672B1

square

#E6E172 #72E6A7 #7277E6 #E672B1

split-complementary

#E6E172 #72B1E6 #A772E6

monochromatic

#BCB621 #DDD63E #E6E172 #EFECA6 #F8F7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E6E172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#E6E172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E172

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E172	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.134 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea9d',
    500: '#e6e172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e172;
$custom-light: #f0ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.414,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89135,
    "c": 0.13354,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E172

secondary

#4046BC

accent

#1CD214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E172

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

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