#E6E766#E6E766

#E6E766 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.151 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E766
RGB	rgb(230, 231, 102)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 55.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.36, -16.80, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.36, 63.64, 105.31°)
OKLab	oklab(90.25% -0.0503 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(90.25% 0.151 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.6090, 74.9357, 23.6811)
Luminance	0.7493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E766 #6766E7

analogous

#E7A766 #E6E766 #A5E766

triadic

#E6E766 #66E6E7 #E766E6

tetradic

#E6E766 #66E7A7 #6766E7 #E766A5

square

#E6E766 #66E7A7 #6766E7 #E766A5

split-complementary

#E6E766 #66A5E7 #A766E7

monochromatic

#B5B61D #DDDF31 #E6E766 #EFEF9B #F7F8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E6E766 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.99

#E6E766 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E766

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E766	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E766	1.00	1.31	15.99	15.99
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E36D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e766;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 231, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.151 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ee96',
    500: '#e6e766',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e766;
$custom-light: #f0ee96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e766",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.465,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90249,
    "c": 0.15071,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E766

secondary

#3C3BB6

accent

#11D512

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E766

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

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