#E6E252#E6E252

#E6E252 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.161 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E252
RGB	rgb(230, 226, 82)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 64.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.89, -15.66, 68.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.89, 69.89, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(89.02% -0.0491 0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(89.02% 0.161 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.3546, 71.8268, 18.6130)
Luminance	0.7183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E252 #5256E6

analogous

#E69852 #E6E252 #A0E652

triadic

#E6E252 #52E6E2 #E252E6

tetradic

#E6E252 #52E698 #5256E6 #E652A0

square

#E6E252 #52E698 #5256E6 #E652A0

split-complementary

#E6E252 #52A0E6 #9852E6

monochromatic

#A6A218 #DBD620 #E6E252 #EEEB87 #F5F4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E6E252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#E6E252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E252

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E252	1.00	1.37	15.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D93F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 226, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.161 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea8a',
    500: '#e6e252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e252;
$custom-light: #f1ea8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.378,
    "s": 74.747,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89017,
    "c": 0.16134,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E252

secondary

#3438A8

accent

#14D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E252

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

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