#E6E256#E6E256

#E6E256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.158 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E256
RGB	rgb(230, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.92, -15.42, 66.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.92, 68.31, 103.05°)
OKLab	oklab(89.05% -0.048 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(89.05% 0.158 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.5113, 71.8895, 19.4382)
Luminance	0.7189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E256 #565AE6

analogous

#E69A56 #E6E256 #A2E656

triadic

#E6E256 #56E6E2 #E256E6

tetradic

#E6E256 #56E69A #565AE6 #E656A2

square

#E6E256 #56E69A #565AE6 #E656A2

split-complementary

#E6E256 #56A2E6 #9A56E6

monochromatic

#A9A519 #DED921 #E6E256 #EEEB8B #F6F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E6E256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#E6E256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E256

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E256	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.158 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea8c',
    500: '#e6e256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e256;
$custom-light: #f1ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.333,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89051,
    "c": 0.15843,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E256

secondary

#3639AA

accent

#15D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E256

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

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