#E6E85A#E6E85A

#E6E85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.161 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E85A
RGB	rgb(230, 232, 90)
HSL	hsl(61, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 61.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.52, -18.11, 66.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.52, 69.05, 105.21°)
OKLab	oklab(90.34% -0.0552 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(90.34% 0.161 110)
XYZ	xyz(63.3371, 75.2761, 20.8642)
Luminance	0.7527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E85A #5C5AE8

analogous

#E8A35A #E6E85A #9FE85A

triadic

#E6E85A #5AE6E8 #E85AE6

tetradic

#E6E85A #5AE8A3 #5C5AE8 #E85A9F

square

#E6E85A #5AE8A3 #5C5AE8 #E85A9F

split-complementary

#E6E85A #5A9FE8 #A35AE8

monochromatic

#ADAF18 #DEE124 #E6E85A #EEEF90 #F6F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E6E85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#E6E85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E85A

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E85A	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 232, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.161 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ef8f',
    500: '#e6e85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e85a;
$custom-light: #f1ef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.845,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90343,
    "c": 0.16145,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.75274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E85A

secondary

#3836B0

accent

#0ED811

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E85A

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

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