#E6E477#E6E477

#E6E477 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.132 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E477
RGB	rgb(230, 228, 119)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 48.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.75, -13.95, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.75, 54.77, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(89.82% -0.0404 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(89.82% 0.132 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.7078, 73.6433, 28.3078)
Luminance	0.7364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E477 #7779E6

analogous

#E6AC77 #E6E477 #B0E677

triadic

#E6E477 #77E6E4 #E477E6

tetradic

#E6E477 #77E6AC #7779E6 #E677B0

square

#E6E477 #77E6AC #7779E6 #E677B0

split-complementary

#E6E477 #77B0E6 #AC77E6

monochromatic

#BFBD23 #DCDA43 #E6E477 #F0EEAB #F9F9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E6E477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#E6E477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E477

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E477	1.00	1.34	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E17C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 228, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.132 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eca1',
    500: '#e6e477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e477;
$custom-light: #f0eca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.919,
    "s": 68.944,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8982,
    "c": 0.13191,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E477

secondary

#4446BE

accent

#18D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E477

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

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