#E6E563#E6E563

#E6E563 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.151 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E563
RGB	rgb(230, 229, 99)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 57%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.81, -16.04, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.81, 64.11, 104.49°)
OKLab	oklab(89.8% -0.0484 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(89.8% 0.151 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.9064, 73.7642, 22.7261)
Luminance	0.7376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E563 #6364E6

analogous

#E6A463 #E6E563 #A6E663

triadic

#E6E563 #63E6E5 #E563E6

tetradic

#E6E563 #63E6A4 #6364E6 #E663A6

square

#E6E563 #63E6A4 #6364E6 #E663A6

split-complementary

#E6E563 #63A6E6 #A463E6

monochromatic

#B2B11D #DEDC2E #E6E563 #EEEE98 #F7F7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E6E563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.75

#E6E563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E563

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E563	1.00	1.33	15.75	15.75
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 229, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.151 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed94',
    500: '#e6e563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e563;
$custom-light: #f1ed94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.542,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.898,
    "c": 0.15116,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E563

secondary

#3B3BB3

accent

#13D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E563

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

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