#E6E261#E6E261

#E6E261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.150 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E261
RGB	rgb(230, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.01, -14.70, 62.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.01, 63.76, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(89.15% -0.0448 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(89.15% 0.15 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.9891, 72.0806, 21.9545)
Luminance	0.7208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E261 #6165E6

analogous

#E69F61 #E6E261 #A8E661

triadic

#E6E261 #61E6E2 #E261E6

tetradic

#E6E261 #61E69F #6165E6 #E661A8

square

#E6E261 #61E69F #6165E6 #E661A8

split-complementary

#E6E261 #61A8E6 #9F61E6

monochromatic

#B1AC1C #DED82C #E6E261 #EEEC96 #F7F5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E6E261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#E6E261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E261

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E261	1.00	1.36	15.42	15.42
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.150 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea92',
    500: '#e6e261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e261;
$custom-light: #f1ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.195,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89154,
    "c": 0.14976,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E261

secondary

#3A3DB1

accent

#17D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E261

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

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