#E6E17A#E6E17A

#E6E17A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.126 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E17A
RGB	rgb(230, 225, 122)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 47%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.01, -12.19, 50.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.01, 52.09, 103.53°)
OKLab	oklab(89.24% -0.0351 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(89.24% 0.126 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.0726, 72.0802, 28.9990)
Luminance	0.7208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E17A #7A7FE6

analogous

#E6AB7A #E6E17A #B5E67A

triadic

#E6E17A #7AE6E1 #E17AE6

tetradic

#E6E17A #7AE6AB #7A7FE6 #E67AB5

square

#E6E17A #7AE6AB #7A7FE6 #E67AB5

split-complementary

#E6E17A #7AB5E6 #AB7AE6

monochromatic

#C1BA24 #DCD546 #E6E17A #F0EDAE #F9F8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E6E17A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#E6E17A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E17A

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E17A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E17A	1.00	1.36	15.42	15.42
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e17a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 225, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.126 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eaa2',
    500: '#e6e17a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e17a;
$custom-light: #f0eaa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e17a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.222,
    "s": 68.354,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89238,
    "c": 0.12571,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E17A

secondary

#464CBE

accent

#1ED015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E17A

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

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