#E6E285#E6E285

#E6E285 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.115 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E285
RGB	rgb(230, 226, 133)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 42.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.41, -11.63, 45.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.41, 47.28, 104.24°)
OKLab	oklab(89.6% -0.0325 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(89.6% 0.115 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.0643, 72.9107, 32.8842)
Luminance	0.7291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E285 #8589E6

analogous

#E6B185 #E6E285 #B9E685

triadic

#E6E285 #85E6E2 #E285E6

tetradic

#E6E285 #85E6B1 #8589E6 #E685B9

square

#E6E285 #85E6B1 #8589E6 #E685B9

split-complementary

#E6E285 #85B9E6 #B185E6

monochromatic

#C8C129 #DCD652 #E6E285 #F0EEB8 #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E6E285 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#E6E285 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E285

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E285	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E285	1.00	1.35	15.58	15.58
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DB7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e285;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 226, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.115 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efebaa',
    500: '#e6e285',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e285;
$custom-light: #efebaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e285",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.526,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89599,
    "c": 0.1154,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E285

secondary

#5055BF

accent

#1FCE18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E285

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

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