#E6E680#E6E680
#E6E680 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.125 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6E680 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 230, 128) |
| HSL | hsl(60, 67%, 70%) |
| HSV | hsv(60, 44%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 0%, 44.3%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(89.38, -14.11, 49.45) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(89.38, 51.43, 105.92°) |
| OKLab | oklab(90.35% -0.04 0.1185) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90.35% 0.125 108.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(64.8274, 74.9766, 31.4748) |
| Luminance | 0.7498 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Khaki (CSS)
#F0E68C
ΔE00 3.10
Buff
#FEF69E
ΔE00 4.84
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 4.87
Manilla
#FFFA86
ΔE00 4.88
Dark Cream
#FFF39A
ΔE00 4.96
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 5.20
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6E680 #8080E6
analogous
#E6B380 #E6E680 #B3E680
triadic
#E6E680 #80E6E6 #E680E6
tetradic
#E6E680 #80E6B3 #8080E6 #E680B3
square
#E6E680 #80E6B3 #8080E6 #E680B3
split-complementary
#E6E680 #80B3E6 #B380E6
monochromatic
#C5C527 #DCDC4D #E6E680 #F0F0B3 #FAFAE5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.31
#E6E680 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.00
#E6E680 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6E680
16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6E680 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6E680 | 1.00 | 1.31 | 16.00 | 16.00 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.31 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 16.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 16.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F5DF77
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F6E285
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3DBCE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E1E1E1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6e680; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 230, 128); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.125 108.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0eda7',
500: '#e6e680',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6e680; $custom-light: #f0eda7; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6e680",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 230,
"b": 128
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60,
"s": 67.105,
"l": 70.196
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.90355,
"c": 0.12509,
"h": 108.7
},
"luminance": 0.74975
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6E680
secondary
#4C4CBE
accent
#16CF16
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFDF6
border
#D6D5D0
text
#17160F
muted
#858480