#E6E565#E6E565

#E6E565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.149 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E565
RGB	rgb(230, 229, 101)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 56.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.83, -15.89, 61.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.83, 63.25, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(89.82% -0.0478 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(89.82% 0.149 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.0032, 73.8029, 23.2360)
Luminance	0.7380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E565 #6566E6

analogous

#E6A565 #E6E565 #A6E665

triadic

#E6E565 #65E6E5 #E565E6

tetradic

#E6E565 #65E6A5 #6566E6 #E665A6

square

#E6E565 #65E6A5 #6566E6 #E665A6

split-complementary

#E6E565 #65A6E6 #A565E6

monochromatic

#B3B21D #DDDC30 #E6E565 #EFEE9A #F7F7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E6E565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#E6E565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E565

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E565	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E16C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 229, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.149 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed95',
    500: '#e6e565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e565;
$custom-light: #f1ed95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.535,
    "s": 72.067,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8982,
    "c": 0.14947,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E565

secondary

#3B3CB4

accent

#13D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E565

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

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