#E6E56A#E6E56A

#E6E56A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.145 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E56A
RGB	rgb(230, 229, 106)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 53.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.88, -15.52, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.88, 61.07, 104.72°)
OKLab	oklab(89.87% -0.0462 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(89.87% 0.145 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.2556, 73.9039, 24.5656)
Luminance	0.7390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E56A #6A6BE6

analogous

#E6A76A #E6E56A #A9E66A

triadic

#E6E56A #6AE6E5 #E56AE6

tetradic

#E6E56A #6AE6A7 #6A6BE6 #E66AA9

square

#E6E56A #6AE6A7 #6A6BE6 #E66AA9

split-complementary

#E6E56A #6AA9E6 #A76AE6

monochromatic

#B7B61F #DDDC36 #E6E56A #EFEE9E #F8F7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E6E56A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#E6E56A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E56A

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E56A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E56A	1.00	1.33	15.78	15.78
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e56a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 229, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.145 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed98',
    500: '#e6e56a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e56a;
$custom-light: #f0ed98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e56a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.516,
    "s": 71.264,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89874,
    "c": 0.14511,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E56A

secondary

#3D3EB7

accent

#14D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E56A

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

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