#E6E560#E6E560

#E6E560 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.154 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E560
RGB	rgb(230, 229, 96)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 58.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.78, -16.25, 63.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.78, 65.38, 104.39°)
OKLab	oklab(89.77% -0.0493 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(89.77% 0.154 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.7656, 73.7079, 21.9848)
Luminance	0.7371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E560 #6061E6

analogous

#E6A260 #E6E560 #A4E660

triadic

#E6E560 #60E6E5 #E560E6

tetradic

#E6E560 #60E6A2 #6061E6 #E660A4

square

#E6E560 #60E6A2 #6061E6 #E660A4

split-complementary

#E6E560 #60A4E6 #A260E6

monochromatic

#B0AF1C #DEDC2B #E6E560 #EEEE95 #F7F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E6E560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#E6E560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E560

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E560	1.00	1.33	15.74	15.74
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 229, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.154 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed92',
    500: '#e6e560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e560;
$custom-light: #f1ed92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.552,
    "s": 72.826,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8977,
    "c": 0.15363,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E560

secondary

#393AB1

accent

#12D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E560

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

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