#E6E463#E6E463

#E6E463 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.150 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E463
RGB	rgb(230, 228, 99)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 57%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.55, -15.55, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.55, 63.71, 104.12°)
OKLab	oklab(89.59% -0.047 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(89.59% 0.15 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.6305, 73.2124, 22.6342)
Luminance	0.7321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E463 #6365E6

analogous

#E6A363 #E6E463 #A7E663

triadic

#E6E463 #63E6E4 #E463E6

tetradic

#E6E463 #63E6A3 #6365E6 #E663A7

square

#E6E463 #63E6A3 #6365E6 #E663A7

split-complementary

#E6E463 #63A7E6 #A363E6

monochromatic

#B2B01D #DEDB2E #E6E463 #EEED98 #F7F6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E6E463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.64

#E6E463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E463

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E463	1.00	1.34	15.64	15.64
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 228, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.150 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ec94',
    500: '#e6e463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e463;
$custom-light: #f1ec94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.084,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89591,
    "c": 0.15013,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E463

secondary

#3B3CB3

accent

#14D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E463

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

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