#E6E46B#E6E46B

#E6E46B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.143 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E46B
RGB	rgb(230, 228, 107)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 53.5%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.63, -14.95, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.63, 60.22, 104.37°)
OKLab	oklab(89.68% -0.0445 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(89.68% 0.143 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.0321, 73.3730, 24.7491)
Luminance	0.7337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E46B #6B6DE6

analogous

#E6A66B #E6E46B #AAE66B

triadic

#E6E46B #6BE6E4 #E46BE6

tetradic

#E6E46B #6BE6A6 #6B6DE6 #E66BAA

square

#E6E46B #6BE6A6 #6B6DE6 #E66BAA

split-complementary

#E6E46B #6BAAE6 #A66BE6

monochromatic

#B8B51F #DDDA37 #E6E46B #EFEE9F #F8F7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E6E46B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.67

#E6E46B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E46B

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E46B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E46B	1.00	1.34	15.67	15.67
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e46b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 228, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.143 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ec99',
    500: '#e6e46b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e46b;
$custom-light: #f0ec99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e46b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.024,
    "s": 71.098,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89676,
    "c": 0.14317,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E46B

secondary

#3E40B8

accent

#16D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E46B

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

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