#E6E35A#E6E35A

#E6E35A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.156 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E35A
RGB	rgb(230, 227, 90)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 60.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.21, -15.66, 65.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.21, 67.08, 103.50°)
OKLab	oklab(89.3% -0.0483 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(89.3% 0.156 108)
XYZ	xyz(61.9497, 72.5012, 20.4017)
Luminance	0.7250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E35A #5A5DE6

analogous

#E69D5A #E6E35A #A3E65A

triadic

#E6E35A #5AE6E3 #E35AE6

tetradic

#E6E35A #5AE69D #5A5DE6 #E65AA3

square

#E6E35A #5AE69D #5A5DE6 #E65AA3

split-complementary

#E6E35A #5AA3E6 #9D5AE6

monochromatic

#ACA81A #DEDA25 #E6E35A #EEEC8F #F6F5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E6E35A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#E6E35A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E35A

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E35A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E35A	1.00	1.35	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e35a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 227, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.156 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1eb8e',
    500: '#e6e35a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e35a;
$custom-light: #f1eb8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e35a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.714,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89295,
    "c": 0.15638,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.72499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E35A

secondary

#373AAD

accent

#14D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E35A

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

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