#E6E35B#E6E35B

#E6E35B 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	#E6E35B
RGB	rgb(230, 227, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 60.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.22, -15.60, 64.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.22, 66.67, 103.53°)
OKLab	oklab(89.3% -0.048 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(89.3% 0.156 108)
XYZ	xyz(61.9925, 72.5183, 20.6274)
Luminance	0.7252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E35B #5B5EE6

analogous

#E69D5B #E6E35B #A3E65B

triadic

#E6E35B #5BE6E3 #E35BE6

tetradic

#E6E35B #5BE69D #5B5EE6 #E65BA3

square

#E6E35B #5BE69D #5B5EE6 #E65BA3

split-complementary

#E6E35B #5BA3E6 #9D5BE6

monochromatic

#ACA91A #DEDA26 #E6E35B #EEEC90 #F6F5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E6E35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#E6E35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E35B

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E35B	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)

#F4DB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 227, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.156 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1eb8f',
    500: '#e6e35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e35b;
$custom-light: #f1eb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.705,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89304,
    "c": 0.1556,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.72516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E35B

secondary

#383AAE

accent

#14D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E35B

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

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