#E6E63B#E6E63B

#E6E63B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.179 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E63B
RGB	rgb(230, 230, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 74.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.80, -18.73, 77.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.80, 79.36, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(89.7% -0.0599 0.1689)
OKLCH	oklch(89.7% 0.179 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.7217, 73.7343, 15.1177)
Luminance	0.7373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E63B #3B3BE6

analogous

#E6913B #E6E63B #91E63B

triadic

#E6E63B #3BE6E6 #E63BE6

tetradic

#E6E63B #3BE691 #3B3BE6 #E63B91

square

#E6E63B #3BE691 #3B3BE6 #E63B91

split-complementary

#E6E63B #3B91E6 #913BE6

monochromatic

#949413 #CACA1A #E6E63B #EDED71 #F4F4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E6E63B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.75

#E6E63B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E63B

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E63B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E63B	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)

#F9DC0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e63b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 230, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.179 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed7e',
    500: '#e6e63b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e63b;
$custom-light: #f2ed7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e63b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 77.376,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.897,
    "c": 0.1792,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E63B

secondary

#2D2D98

accent

#34F434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E63B

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

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