#E6E452#E6E452

#E6E452 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.163 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E452
RGB	rgb(230, 228, 82)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 64.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.41, -16.64, 68.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.41, 70.65, 103.62°)
OKLab	oklab(89.44% -0.0519 0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(89.44% 0.163 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.9016, 72.9208, 18.7954)
Luminance	0.7292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E452 #5254E6

analogous

#E69A52 #E6E452 #9EE652

triadic

#E6E452 #52E6E4 #E452E6

tetradic

#E6E452 #52E69A #5254E6 #E6529E

square

#E6E452 #52E69A #5254E6 #E6529E

split-complementary

#E6E452 #529EE6 #9A52E6

monochromatic

#A6A418 #DBD920 #E6E452 #EEEC87 #F5F5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E6E452 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#E6E452 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E452

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E452	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E452	1.00	1.35	15.58	15.58
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e452;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 228, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.163 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ec8a',
    500: '#e6e452',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e452;
$custom-light: #f1ec8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e452",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.189,
    "s": 74.747,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89435,
    "c": 0.1633,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E452

secondary

#3436A8

accent

#11D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E452

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

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