#E6E44E#E6E44E

#E6E44E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.166 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E44E
RGB	rgb(230, 228, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 66.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.38, -16.86, 70.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.38, 72.17, 103.51°)
OKLab	oklab(89.4% -0.0529 0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(89.4% 0.166 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.7538, 72.8617, 18.0170)
Luminance	0.7286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E44E #4E50E6

analogous

#E6984E #E6E44E #9CE64E

triadic

#E6E44E #4EE6E4 #E44EE6

tetradic

#E6E44E #4EE698 #4E50E6 #E64E9C

square

#E6E44E #4EE698 #4E50E6 #E64E9C

split-complementary

#E6E44E #4E9CE6 #984EE6

monochromatic

#A3A117 #D8D61F #E6E44E #EEEC84 #F5F4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E6E44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#E6E44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E44E

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E44E	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)

#F6DB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 228, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.166 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ec87',
    500: '#e6e44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e44e;
$custom-light: #f1ec87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.211,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89404,
    "c": 0.16605,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E44E

secondary

#3335A5

accent

#11D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E44E

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

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