#E6E460#E6E460

#E6E460 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.153 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E460
RGB	rgb(230, 228, 96)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 58.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.52, -15.76, 63.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.52, 64.98, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(89.56% -0.0479 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(89.56% 0.153 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.4897, 73.1561, 21.8928)
Luminance	0.7315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E460 #6062E6

analogous

#E6A160 #E6E460 #A5E660

triadic

#E6E460 #60E6E4 #E460E6

tetradic

#E6E460 #60E6A1 #6062E6 #E660A5

square

#E6E460 #60E6A1 #6062E6 #E660A5

split-complementary

#E6E460 #60A5E6 #A160E6

monochromatic

#B0AE1C #DEDB2B #E6E460 #EEED95 #F7F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E6E460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#E6E460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E460

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E460	1.00	1.34	15.63	15.63
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E068

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 228, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.153 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ec92',
    500: '#e6e460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e460;
$custom-light: #f1ec92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.104,
    "s": 72.826,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89561,
    "c": 0.15262,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E460

secondary

#393BB1

accent

#14D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E460

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

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