#E6E65E#E6E65E

#E6E65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.156 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E65E
RGB	rgb(230, 230, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.03, -16.87, 64.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.03, 66.62, 104.67°)
OKLab	oklab(89.96% -0.0513 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(89.96% 0.156 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.9522, 74.2265, 21.5985)
Luminance	0.7422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E65E #5E5EE6

analogous

#E6A25E #E6E65E #A2E65E

triadic

#E6E65E #5EE6E6 #E65EE6

tetradic

#E6E65E #5EE6A2 #5E5EE6 #E65EA2

square

#E6E65E #5EE6A2 #5E5EE6 #E65EA2

split-complementary

#E6E65E #5EA2E6 #A25EE6

monochromatic

#AFAF1B #DEDE29 #E6E65E #EEEE93 #F6F6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E6E65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#E6E65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E65E

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E65E	1.00	1.33	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 230, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.156 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed91',
    500: '#e6e65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e65e;
$custom-light: #f1ed91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8996,
    "c": 0.15627,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E65E

secondary

#3939B0

accent

#10D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E65E

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

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