#E6E862#E6E862

#E6E862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.155 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E862
RGB	rgb(230, 232, 98)
HSL	hsl(61, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.59, -17.58, 63.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.59, 65.76, 105.50°)
OKLab	oklab(90.42% -0.0529 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(90.42% 0.155 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.6961, 75.4197, 22.7550)
Luminance	0.7542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E862 #6462E8

analogous

#E8A762 #E6E862 #A3E862

triadic

#E6E862 #62E6E8 #E862E6

tetradic

#E6E862 #62E8A7 #6462E8 #E862A3

square

#E6E862 #62E8A7 #6462E8 #E862A3

split-complementary

#E6E862 #62A3E8 #A762E8

monochromatic

#B3B51B #DDE02D #E6E862 #EEF097 #F7F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E6E862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.08

#E6E862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E862

16.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E862	1.00	1.31	16.08	16.08
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE36A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 232, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.155 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ef93',
    500: '#e6e862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e862;
$custom-light: #f1ef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.896,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90418,
    "c": 0.15512,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E862

secondary

#3B39B5

accent

#0FD712

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E862

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

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