#E6E761#E6E761

#E6E761 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.155 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E761
RGB	rgb(230, 231, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 58%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.32, -17.16, 63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.32, 65.77, 105.12°)
OKLab	oklab(90.2% -0.0518 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(90.2% 0.155 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.3685, 74.8395, 22.4143)
Luminance	0.7484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E761 #6261E7

analogous

#E7A561 #E6E761 #A3E761

triadic

#E6E761 #61E6E7 #E761E6

tetradic

#E6E761 #61E7A5 #6261E7 #E761A3

square

#E6E761 #61E7A5 #6261E7 #E761A3

split-complementary

#E6E761 #61A3E7 #A561E7

monochromatic

#B1B21B #DEDF2C #E6E761 #EEEF96 #F7F7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E6E761 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97

#E6E761 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E761

15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E761	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E761	1.00	1.32	15.97	15.97
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e761;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 231, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.155 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ee93',
    500: '#e6e761',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e761;
$custom-light: #f1ee93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e761",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.448,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90198,
    "c": 0.15489,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E761

secondary

#3A39B3

accent

#10D611

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E761

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

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