#E6E663#E6E663
#E6E663 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.152 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6E663 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 230, 99) |
| HSL | hsl(60, 72%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(60, 57%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 0%, 57%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(89.07, -16.53, 62.36) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(89.07, 64.52, 104.84°) |
| OKLab | oklab(90.01% -0.0498 0.1438) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90.01% 0.152 109.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(63.1839, 74.3191, 22.8186) |
| Luminance | 0.7432 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 3.69
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 3.98
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 4.36
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.73
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 4.83
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 4.91
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6E663 #6363E6
analogous
#E6A563 #E6E663 #A5E663
triadic
#E6E663 #63E6E6 #E663E6
tetradic
#E6E663 #63E6A5 #6363E6 #E663A5
square
#E6E663 #63E6A5 #6363E6 #E663A5
split-complementary
#E6E663 #63A5E6 #A563E6
monochromatic
#B2B21D #DEDE2E #E6E663 #EEEE98 #F7F7CC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.32
#E6E663 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.86
#E6E663 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6E663
15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6E663 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6E663 | 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)
#F7DD55
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F9E26A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5D9CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E0E0E0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6e663; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 230, 99); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.152 109.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1ed94',
500: '#e6e663',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6e663; $custom-light: #f1ed94; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6e663",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 230,
"b": 99
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60,
"s": 72.376,
"l": 64.51
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.90009,
"c": 0.15219,
"h": 109.1
},
"luminance": 0.74317
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6E663
secondary
#3B3BB3
accent
#11D411
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFDF5
border
#D6D5CF
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F