#E6E45B#E6E45B

#E6E45B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.157 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E45B
RGB	rgb(230, 228, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 60.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.48, -16.09, 65.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.48, 67.06, 103.88°)
OKLab	oklab(89.51% -0.0494 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(89.51% 0.157 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.2668, 73.0669, 20.7188)
Luminance	0.7307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E45B #5B5DE6

analogous

#E69F5B #E6E45B #A2E65B

triadic

#E6E45B #5BE6E4 #E45BE6

tetradic

#E6E45B #5BE69F #5B5DE6 #E65BA2

square

#E6E45B #5BE69F #5B5DE6 #E65BA2

split-complementary

#E6E45B #5BA2E6 #9F5BE6

monochromatic

#ACAA1A #DEDB26 #E6E45B #EEED90 #F6F5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E6E45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.61

#E6E45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E45B

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E45B	1.00	1.35	15.61	15.61
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 228, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.157 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ec8f',
    500: '#e6e45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e45b;
$custom-light: #f1ec8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.137,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89513,
    "c": 0.15661,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E45B

secondary

#3839AE

accent

#13D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E45B

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

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