#E6E853#E6E853

#E6E853 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.167 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E853
RGB	rgb(230, 232, 83)
HSL	hsl(61, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 64.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.47, -18.53, 69.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.47, 71.80, 104.96°)
OKLab	oklab(90.28% -0.0571 0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(90.28% 0.167 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.0531, 75.1624, 19.3683)
Luminance	0.7516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E853 #5553E8

analogous

#E89F53 #E6E853 #9CE853

triadic

#E6E853 #53E6E8 #E853E6

tetradic

#E6E853 #53E89F #5553E8 #E8539C

square

#E6E853 #53E89F #5553E8 #E8539C

split-complementary

#E6E853 #539CE8 #9F53E8

monochromatic

#A8AA17 #DDE01E #E6E853 #EEEF89 #F6F6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E6E853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#E6E853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E853

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E853	1.00	1.31	16.03	16.03
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADE3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 232, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.167 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ef8b',
    500: '#e6e853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e853;
$custom-light: #f1ef8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.805,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90283,
    "c": 0.16657,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E853

secondary

#3634AB

accent

#0DD910

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E853

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

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