#E6E36A#E6E36A

#E6E36A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.143 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E36A
RGB	rgb(230, 227, 106)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 53.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.35, -14.53, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.35, 60.25, 103.96°)
OKLab	oklab(89.46% -0.0434 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(89.46% 0.143 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.7055, 72.8035, 24.3822)
Luminance	0.7280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E36A #6A6DE6

analogous

#E6A56A #E6E36A #ABE66A

triadic

#E6E36A #6AE6E3 #E36AE6

tetradic

#E6E36A #6AE6A5 #6A6DE6 #E66AAB

square

#E6E36A #6AE6A5 #6A6DE6 #E66AAB

split-complementary

#E6E36A #6AABE6 #A56AE6

monochromatic

#B7B31F #DDD936 #E6E36A #EFED9E #F8F7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E6E36A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#E6E36A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E36A

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E36A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E36A	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E070

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e36a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 227, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.143 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eb98',
    500: '#e6e36a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e36a;
$custom-light: #f0eb98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e36a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.548,
    "s": 71.264,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89457,
    "c": 0.14303,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E36A

secondary

#3D40B7

accent

#17D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E36A

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

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