#E6E176#E6E176

#E6E176 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.130 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E176
RGB	rgb(230, 225, 118)
HSL	hsl(57, 69%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 49%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 48.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.96, -12.55, 52.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.96, 53.96, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(89.19% -0.0365 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(89.19% 0.13 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.8299, 71.9831, 27.7205)
Luminance	0.7198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E176 #767BE6

analogous

#E6A976 #E6E176 #B3E676

triadic

#E6E176 #76E6E1 #E176E6

tetradic

#E6E176 #76E6A9 #767BE6 #E676B3

square

#E6E176 #76E6A9 #767BE6 #E676B3

split-complementary

#E6E176 #76B3E6 #A976E6

monochromatic

#BFB823 #DDD642 #E6E176 #EFECAA #F9F8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E6E176 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#E6E176 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E176

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E176	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E176	1.00	1.36	15.40	15.40
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e176;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 225, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.130 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eaa0',
    500: '#e6e176',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e176;
$custom-light: #f0eaa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e176",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.321,
    "s": 69.136,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89185,
    "c": 0.12968,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E176

secondary

#4348BE

accent

#1DD114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E176

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

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