#E6E65A#E6E65A

#E6E65A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.159 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E65A
RGB	rgb(230, 230, 90)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.00, -17.13, 66.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.00, 68.25, 104.54°)
OKLab	oklab(89.92% -0.0525 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(89.92% 0.159 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.7773, 74.1565, 20.6776)
Luminance	0.7416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E65A #5A5AE6

analogous

#E6A05A #E6E65A #A0E65A

triadic

#E6E65A #5AE6E6 #E65AE6

tetradic

#E6E65A #5AE6A0 #5A5AE6 #E65AA0

square

#E6E65A #5AE6A0 #5A5AE6 #E65AA0

split-complementary

#E6E65A #5AA0E6 #A05AE6

monochromatic

#ACAC1A #DEDE25 #E6E65A #EEEE8F #F6F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E6E65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#E6E65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E65A

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E65A	1.00	1.33	15.83	15.83
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 230, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.159 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed8f',
    500: '#e6e65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e65a;
$custom-light: #f1ed8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89923,
    "c": 0.1594,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E65A

secondary

#3737AD

accent

#10D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E65A

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

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