#E6E253#E6E253

#E6E253 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	#E6E253
RGB	rgb(230, 226, 83)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 63.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.89, -15.60, 67.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.89, 69.50, 102.97°)
OKLab	oklab(89.03% -0.0489 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(89.03% 0.161 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.3929, 71.8422, 18.8149)
Luminance	0.7184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E253 #5357E6

analogous

#E69953 #E6E253 #A1E653

triadic

#E6E253 #53E6E2 #E253E6

tetradic

#E6E253 #53E699 #5357E6 #E653A1

square

#E6E253 #53E699 #5357E6 #E653A1

split-complementary

#E6E253 #53A1E6 #9953E6

monochromatic

#A6A318 #DCD720 #E6E253 #EEEB88 #F6F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E6E253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#E6E253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E253

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E253	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)

#F4D940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 226, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.161 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea8a',
    500: '#e6e253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e253;
$custom-light: #f1ea8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.367,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89025,
    "c": 0.16062,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E253

secondary

#3538A8

accent

#14D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E253

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

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