#E6E178#E6E178

#E6E178 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.128 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E178
RGB	rgb(230, 225, 120)
HSL	hsl(57, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 47.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.98, -12.37, 51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.98, 53.03, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(89.21% -0.0358 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(89.21% 0.128 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.9500, 72.0312, 28.3530)
Luminance	0.7203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E178 #787DE6

analogous

#E6AA78 #E6E178 #B4E678

triadic

#E6E178 #78E6E1 #E178E6

tetradic

#E6E178 #78E6AA #787DE6 #E678B4

square

#E6E178 #78E6AA #787DE6 #E678B4

split-complementary

#E6E178 #78B4E6 #AA78E6

monochromatic

#C0B924 #DCD644 #E6E178 #F0ECAC #F9F8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E6E178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.41

#E6E178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E178

15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E178	1.00	1.36	15.41	15.41
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 225, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.128 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eaa1',
    500: '#e6e178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e178;
$custom-light: #f0eaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89211,
    "c": 0.1277,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E178

secondary

#454ABE

accent

#1DD115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E178

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

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