#E6E361#E6E361

#E6E361 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.151 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E361
RGB	rgb(230, 227, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.27, -15.19, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.27, 64.16, 103.70°)
OKLab	oklab(89.36% -0.0462 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(89.36% 0.151 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.2618, 72.6260, 22.0454)
Luminance	0.7262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E361 #6164E6

analogous

#E6A161 #E6E361 #A7E661

triadic

#E6E361 #61E6E3 #E361E6

tetradic

#E6E361 #61E6A1 #6164E6 #E661A7

square

#E6E361 #61E6A1 #6164E6 #E661A7

split-complementary

#E6E361 #61A7E6 #A161E6

monochromatic

#B1AD1C #DEDA2C #E6E361 #EEEC96 #F7F6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E6E361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#E6E361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E361

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E361	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E068

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 227, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.151 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1eb93',
    500: '#e6e361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e361;
$custom-light: #f1eb93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.647,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89362,
    "c": 0.15078,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E361

secondary

#3A3CB1

accent

#15D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E361

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

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