#E6E596#E6E596

#E6E596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.100 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E596
RGB	rgb(230, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(59, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 34.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.42, -11.29, 38.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.42, 40.32, 106.27°)
OKLab	oklab(90.49% -0.0303 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(90.49% 0.1 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.1581, 75.0649, 39.8521)
Luminance	0.7506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E596 #9697E6

analogous

#E6BD96 #E6E596 #BFE696

triadic

#E6E596 #96E6E5 #E596E6

tetradic

#E6E596 #96E6BD #9697E6 #E696BF

square

#E6E596 #96E6BD #9697E6 #E696BF

split-complementary

#E6E596 #96BFE6 #BD96E6

monochromatic

#CECD33 #DAD965 #E6E596 #F2F1C7 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E6E596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.01

#E6E596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E596

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E596	1.00	1.31	16.01	16.01
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.100 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efedb5',
    500: '#e6e596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e596;
$custom-light: #efedb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.25,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90486,
    "c": 0.10001,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E596

secondary

#6062C0

accent

#1EC91C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E596

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

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