#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
RGBrgb(230, 225, 122)
HSLhsl(57, 68%, 69%)
HSVhsv(57, 47%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2.2%, 47%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(88.01, -12.19, 50.64)
CIE-LCHlch(88.01, 52.09, 103.53°)
OKLaboklab(89.24% -0.0351 0.1207)
OKLCHoklch(89.24% 0.126 106.2)
XYZxyz(63.0726, 72.0802, 28.9990)
Luminance0.7208 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##E6E17A1.001.3615.4215.42
#FFFFFF1.361.0021.0021.00
#00000015.4221.001.001.00
##00000015.4221.001.001.00

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

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#E6E17A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva