#E6E697#E6E697

#E6E697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.100 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E697
RGB	rgb(230, 230, 151)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(60, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 34.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.70, -11.68, 38.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.70, 40.29, 106.85°)
OKLab	oklab(90.71% -0.0313 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(90.71% 0.1 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.5165, 75.6522, 40.3705)
Luminance	0.7565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E697 #9797E6

analogous

#E6BF97 #E6E697 #BFE697

triadic

#E6E697 #97E6E6 #E697E6

tetradic

#E6E697 #97E6BF #9797E6 #E697BF

square

#E6E697 #97E6BF #9797E6 #E697BF

split-complementary

#E6E697 #97BFE6 #BF97E6

monochromatic

#CECE34 #DADA66 #E6E697 #F2F2C8 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E6E697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.13

#E6E697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E697

16.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E697	1.00	1.30	16.13	16.13
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 230, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.100 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efedb6',
    500: '#e6e697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e697;
$custom-light: #efedb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 61.24,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90708,
    "c": 0.10005,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E697

secondary

#6161C0

accent

#1DC91D

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E697

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

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