#E6E260#E6E260
#E6E260 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.151 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6E260 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 226, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(58, 73%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(58, 58%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 58.3%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.00, -14.77, 62.47) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(88.00, 64.19, 103.30°) |
| OKLab | oklab(89.14% -0.0451 0.1437) |
| OKLCH | oklch(89.14% 0.151 107.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(61.9427, 72.0621, 21.7105) |
| Luminance | 0.7206 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 3.55
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.61
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 4.12
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 4.47
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 5.32
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 5.38
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6E260 #6064E6
analogous
#E69F60 #E6E260 #A7E660
triadic
#E6E260 #60E6E2 #E260E6
tetradic
#E6E260 #60E69F #6064E6 #E660A7
square
#E6E260 #60E69F #6064E6 #E660A7
split-complementary
#E6E260 #60A7E6 #9F60E6
monochromatic
#B0AC1C #DED82B #E6E260 #EEEC95 #F7F5CA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.36
#E6E260 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.41
#E6E260 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6E260
15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6E260 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6E260 | 1.00 | 1.36 | 15.41 | 15.41 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.36 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F3DA52
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F6DF67
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5D5C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DDDDDD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6e260; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 226, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.151 107.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1ea92',
500: '#e6e260',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6e260; $custom-light: #f1ea92; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6e260",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 226,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 58.209,
"s": 72.826,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.89144,
"c": 0.15059,
"h": 107.4
},
"luminance": 0.7206
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6E260
secondary
#393DB1
accent
#16D511
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFDF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F