#E6E181#E6E181

#E6E181 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.119 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E181
RGB	rgb(230, 225, 129)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 44%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 43.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.09, -11.53, 47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.09, 48.77, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(89.33% -0.0325 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(89.33% 0.119 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.5221, 72.2600, 31.3660)
Luminance	0.7226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E181 #8186E6

analogous

#E6AF81 #E6E181 #B8E681

triadic

#E6E181 #81E6E1 #E181E6

tetradic

#E6E181 #81E6AF #8186E6 #E681B8

square

#E6E181 #81E6AF #8186E6 #E681B8

split-complementary

#E6E181 #81B8E6 #AF81E6

monochromatic

#C5BE27 #DCD54E #E6E181 #F0EDB4 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E6E181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#E6E181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E181

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E181	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DF85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 225, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.119 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeaa7',
    500: '#e6e181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e181;
$custom-light: #efeaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.03,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89334,
    "c": 0.11853,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E181

secondary

#4D52BE

accent

#20CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E181

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

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