#E6E453#E6E453

#E6E453 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 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E453
RGB	rgb(230, 228, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 63.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.42, -16.58, 68.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.42, 70.26, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(89.44% -0.0516 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(89.44% 0.163 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.9399, 72.9362, 18.9972)
Luminance	0.7293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E453 #5355E6

analogous

#E69B53 #E6E453 #9FE653

triadic

#E6E453 #53E6E4 #E453E6

tetradic

#E6E453 #53E69B #5355E6 #E6539F

square

#E6E453 #53E69B #5355E6 #E6539F

split-complementary

#E6E453 #539FE6 #9B53E6

monochromatic

#A6A418 #DCD920 #E6E453 #EEEC88 #F6F5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E6E453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.59

#E6E453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E453

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E453	1.00	1.35	15.59	15.59
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 228, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.163 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ec8a',
    500: '#e6e453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e453;
$custom-light: #f1ec8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.184,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89444,
    "c": 0.16259,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E453

secondary

#3536A8

accent

#11D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E453

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

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