#E6E263#E6E263

#E6E263 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.148 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E263
RGB	rgb(230, 226, 99)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 57%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.03, -14.56, 61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.03, 62.91, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(89.17% -0.0442 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(89.17% 0.148 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.0835, 72.1184, 22.4518)
Luminance	0.7212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E263 #6367E6

analogous

#E6A163 #E6E263 #A9E663

triadic

#E6E263 #63E6E2 #E263E6

tetradic

#E6E263 #63E6A1 #6367E6 #E663A9

square

#E6E263 #63E6A1 #6367E6 #E663A9

split-complementary

#E6E263 #63A9E6 #A163E6

monochromatic

#B2AD1D #DED82E #E6E263 #EEEC98 #F7F6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E6E263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#E6E263 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E263

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E263	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)

#F3DA55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 226, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.148 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea94',
    500: '#e6e263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e263;
$custom-light: #f1ea94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.168,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89174,
    "c": 0.14809,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E263

secondary

#3B3EB3

accent

#17D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E263

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

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