#E6E685#E6E685

#E6E685 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.120 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E685
RGB	rgb(230, 230, 133)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 42.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.45, -13.62, 47.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.45, 49.05, 106.12°)
OKLab	oklab(90.43% -0.0382 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(90.43% 0.12 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.1647, 75.1115, 33.2510)
Luminance	0.7511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E685 #8585E6

analogous

#E6B585 #E6E685 #B5E685

triadic

#E6E685 #85E6E6 #E685E6

tetradic

#E6E685 #85E6B5 #8585E6 #E685B5

square

#E6E685 #85E6B5 #8585E6 #E685B5

split-complementary

#E6E685 #85B5E6 #B585E6

monochromatic

#C8C829 #DCDC52 #E6E685 #F0F0B8 #FAFAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E6E685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.02

#E6E685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E685

16.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E685	1.00	1.31	16.02	16.02
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DF7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 230, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.120 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efedaa',
    500: '#e6e685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e685;
$custom-light: #efedaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90425,
    "c": 0.11989,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E685

secondary

#5050BF

accent

#18CE18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E685

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

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