#E6E85E#E6E85E

#E6E85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.158 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E85E
RGB	rgb(230, 232, 94)
HSL	hsl(61, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.55, -17.85, 65.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.55, 67.42, 105.35°)
OKLab	oklab(90.38% -0.0541 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(90.38% 0.158 110)
XYZ	xyz(63.5120, 75.3460, 21.7851)
Luminance	0.7534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E85E #605EE8

analogous

#E8A55E #E6E85E #A1E85E

triadic

#E6E85E #5EE6E8 #E85EE6

tetradic

#E6E85E #5EE8A5 #605EE8 #E85EA1

square

#E6E85E #5EE8A5 #605EE8 #E85EA1

split-complementary

#E6E85E #5EA1E8 #A55EE8

monochromatic

#B0B219 #DEE028 #E6E85E #EEF094 #F7F7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E6E85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.07

#E6E85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E85E

16.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E85E	1.00	1.31	16.07	16.07
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 232, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.158 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ef91',
    500: '#e6e85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e85e;
$custom-light: #f1ef91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.87,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90379,
    "c": 0.15834,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.75344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E85E

secondary

#3938B3

accent

#0ED711

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E85E

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

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