#E6E581#E6E581

#E6E581 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.123 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E581
RGB	rgb(230, 229, 129)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 44%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 43.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.13, -13.52, 48.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.13, 50.51, 105.52°)
OKLab	oklab(90.16% -0.0382 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(90.16% 0.123 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.6161, 74.4481, 31.7307)
Luminance	0.7445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E581 #8182E6

analogous

#E6B281 #E6E581 #B4E681

triadic

#E6E581 #81E6E5 #E581E6

tetradic

#E6E581 #81E6B2 #8182E6 #E681B4

square

#E6E581 #81E6B2 #8182E6 #E681B4

split-complementary

#E6E581 #81B4E6 #B281E6

monochromatic

#C5C427 #DCDA4E #E6E581 #F0F0B4 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E6E581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.89

#E6E581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E581

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E581	1.00	1.32	15.89	15.89
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DE79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E286

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 229, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.123 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeda7',
    500: '#e6e581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e581;
$custom-light: #efeda7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.406,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90161,
    "c": 0.12293,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E581

secondary

#4D4EBE

accent

#19CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E581

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

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