#E6E456#E6E456

#E6E456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.160 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E456
RGB	rgb(230, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.44, -16.40, 67.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.44, 69.08, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(89.47% -0.0508 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(89.47% 0.16 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.0583, 72.9835, 19.6205)
Luminance	0.7298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E456 #5658E6

analogous

#E69C56 #E6E456 #A0E656

triadic

#E6E456 #56E6E4 #E456E6

tetradic

#E6E456 #56E69C #5658E6 #E656A0

square

#E6E456 #56E69C #5658E6 #E656A0

split-complementary

#E6E456 #56A0E6 #9C56E6

monochromatic

#A9A719 #DEDB21 #E6E456 #EEED8B #F6F5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E6E456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.60

#E6E456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E456

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E456	1.00	1.35	15.60	15.60
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.160 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ec8c',
    500: '#e6e456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e456;
$custom-light: #f1ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.167,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89469,
    "c": 0.1604,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E456

secondary

#3637AA

accent

#12D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E456

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

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