#E6E265#E6E265

#E6E265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.146 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E265
RGB	rgb(230, 226, 101)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 56.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.04, -14.41, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.04, 62.04, 103.44°)
OKLab	oklab(89.2% -0.0436 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(89.2% 0.146 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.1803, 72.1571, 22.9617)
Luminance	0.7216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E265 #6569E6

analogous

#E6A265 #E6E265 #A9E665

triadic

#E6E265 #65E6E2 #E265E6

tetradic

#E6E265 #65E6A2 #6569E6 #E665A9

square

#E6E265 #65E6A2 #6569E6 #E665A9

split-complementary

#E6E265 #65A9E6 #A265E6

monochromatic

#B3AF1D #DDD830 #E6E265 #EFEC9A #F7F6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E6E265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#E6E265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E265

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E265	1.00	1.36	15.43	15.43
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 226, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.146 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea95',
    500: '#e6e265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e265;
$custom-light: #f1ea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.14,
    "s": 72.067,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89195,
    "c": 0.14638,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E265

secondary

#3B3FB4

accent

#17D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E265

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

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