#E6E366#E6E366

#E6E366 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.147 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E366
RGB	rgb(230, 227, 102)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 55.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.32, -14.83, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.32, 62.01, 103.84°)
OKLab	oklab(89.41% -0.0447 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(89.41% 0.147 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.5023, 72.7222, 23.3122)
Luminance	0.7272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E366 #6669E6

analogous

#E6A366 #E6E366 #A9E666

triadic

#E6E366 #66E6E3 #E366E6

tetradic

#E6E366 #66E6A3 #6669E6 #E666A9

square

#E6E366 #66E6A3 #6669E6 #E666A9

split-complementary

#E6E366 #66A9E6 #A366E6

monochromatic

#B4B11D #DDD931 #E6E366 #EFED9B #F7F6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E6E366 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#E6E366 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E366

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E366	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E366	1.00	1.35	15.54	15.54
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E06D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e366;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 227, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.147 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eb96',
    500: '#e6e366',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e366;
$custom-light: #f0eb96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e366",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.594,
    "s": 71.91,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89414,
    "c": 0.14654,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E366

secondary

#3C3EB5

accent

#16D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E366

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

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