#E6E356#E6E356

#E6E356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.159 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E356
RGB	rgb(230, 227, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.18, -15.91, 66.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.18, 68.69, 103.39°)
OKLab	oklab(89.26% -0.0494 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(89.26% 0.159 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.7840, 72.4349, 19.5291)
Luminance	0.7243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E356 #5659E6

analogous

#E69B56 #E6E356 #A1E656

triadic

#E6E356 #56E6E3 #E356E6

tetradic

#E6E356 #56E69B #5659E6 #E656A1

square

#E6E356 #56E69B #5659E6 #E656A1

split-complementary

#E6E356 #56A1E6 #9B56E6

monochromatic

#A9A619 #DEDA21 #E6E356 #EEEC8B #F6F5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E6E356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#E6E356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E356

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E356	1.00	1.36	15.49	15.49
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 227, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.159 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1eb8c',
    500: '#e6e356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e356;
$custom-light: #f1eb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8926,
    "c": 0.15941,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E356

secondary

#3638AA

accent

#13D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E356

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

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