#E6E660#E6E660
#E6E660 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.155 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6E660 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 230, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(60, 73%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(60, 58%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 0%, 58.3%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(89.05, -16.74, 63.62) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(89.05, 65.78, 104.74°) |
| OKLab | oklab(89.98% -0.0507 0.1461) |
| OKLCH | oklch(89.98% 0.155 109.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(63.0431, 74.2628, 22.0773) |
| Luminance | 0.7426 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 3.62
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 4.05
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 4.41
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 4.65
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.70
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 4.93
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6E660 #6060E6
analogous
#E6A360 #E6E660 #A3E660
triadic
#E6E660 #60E6E6 #E660E6
tetradic
#E6E660 #60E6A3 #6060E6 #E660A3
square
#E6E660 #60E6A3 #6060E6 #E660A3
split-complementary
#E6E660 #60A3E6 #A360E6
monochromatic
#B0B01C #DEDE2B #E6E660 #EEEE95 #F7F7CA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.32
#E6E660 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.85
#E6E660 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6E660
15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6E660 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6E660 | 1.00 | 1.32 | 15.85 | 15.85 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.32 | 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)
#F7DD51
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F9E268
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5D9C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E0E0E0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6e660; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 230, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.155 109.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1ed92',
500: '#e6e660',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6e660; $custom-light: #f1ed92; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6e660",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 230,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60,
"s": 72.826,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.89979,
"c": 0.15466,
"h": 109.1
},
"luminance": 0.74261
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6E660
secondary
#3939B1
accent
#11D511
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F