#E6E36D#E6E36D

#E6E36D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.140 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E36D
RGB	rgb(230, 227, 109)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 52.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.38, -14.29, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.38, 58.91, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(89.49% -0.0424 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(89.49% 0.14 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.8642, 72.8670, 25.2183)
Luminance	0.7287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E36D #6D70E6

analogous

#E6A76D #E6E36D #ADE66D

triadic

#E6E36D #6DE6E3 #E36DE6

tetradic

#E6E36D #6DE6A7 #6D70E6 #E66DAD

square

#E6E36D #6DE6A7 #6D70E6 #E66DAD

split-complementary

#E6E36D #6DADE6 #A76DE6

monochromatic

#B9B520 #DDD939 #E6E36D #EFEDA1 #F8F7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E6E36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#E6E36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E36D

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E36D	1.00	1.35	15.57	15.57
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 227, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.140 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eb9a',
    500: '#e6e36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e36d;
$custom-light: #f0eb9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.512,
    "s": 70.76,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89491,
    "c": 0.14032,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E36D

secondary

#3E41B9

accent

#17D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E36D

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

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