#E6E661#E6E661

#E6E661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.154 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E661
RGB	rgb(230, 230, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.06, -16.67, 63.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.06, 65.36, 104.77°)
OKLab	oklab(89.99% -0.0504 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(89.99% 0.154 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.0894, 74.2814, 22.3213)
Luminance	0.7428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E661 #6161E6

analogous

#E6A461 #E6E661 #A4E661

triadic

#E6E661 #61E6E6 #E661E6

tetradic

#E6E661 #61E6A4 #6161E6 #E661A4

square

#E6E661 #61E6A4 #6161E6 #E661A4

split-complementary

#E6E661 #61A4E6 #A461E6

monochromatic

#B1B11C #DEDE2C #E6E661 #EEEE96 #F7F7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E6E661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#E6E661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E661

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E661	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 230, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.154 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed93',
    500: '#e6e661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e661;
$custom-light: #f1ed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89989,
    "c": 0.15385,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E661

secondary

#3A3AB1

accent

#11D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E661

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

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