#E6E679#E6E679

#E6E679 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.132 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E679
RGB	rgb(230, 230, 121)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(60, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 47.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.30, -14.76, 52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.30, 54.70, 105.65°)
OKLab	oklab(90.26% -0.0425 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(90.26% 0.132 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.3825, 74.7986, 29.1315)
Luminance	0.7480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E679 #7979E6

analogous

#E6B079 #E6E679 #B0E679

triadic

#E6E679 #79E6E6 #E679E6

tetradic

#E6E679 #79E6B0 #7979E6 #E679B0

square

#E6E679 #79E6B0 #7979E6 #E679B0

split-complementary

#E6E679 #79B0E6 #B079E6

monochromatic

#C1C124 #DCDC45 #E6E679 #F0F0AD #F9F9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E6E679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.96

#E6E679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E679

15.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E679	1.00	1.32	15.96	15.96
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E27E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 230, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.132 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eda2',
    500: '#e6e679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e679;
$custom-light: #f0eda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90261,
    "c": 0.13214,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E679

secondary

#4545BE

accent

#15D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E679

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

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