#E6E877#E6E877

#E6E877 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.136 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E877
RGB	rgb(230, 232, 119)
HSL	hsl(61, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(61, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 48.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.80, -15.92, 54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.80, 56.50, 106.36°)
OKLab	oklab(90.65% -0.046 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(90.65% 0.136 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.8209, 75.8696, 28.6788)
Luminance	0.7587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E877 #7977E8

analogous

#E8B277 #E6E877 #AEE877

triadic

#E6E877 #77E6E8 #E877E6

tetradic

#E6E877 #77E8B2 #7977E8 #E877AE

square

#E6E877 #77E8B2 #7977E8 #E877AE

split-complementary

#E6E877 #77AEE8 #B277E8

monochromatic

#C1C421 #DCDF43 #E6E877 #F0F1AB #F9FAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E6E877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.17

#E6E877 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E877

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E877	1.00	1.30	16.17	16.17
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E06D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 232, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.136 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0efa1',
    500: '#e6e877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e877;
$custom-light: #f0efa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.062,
    "s": 71.069,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90652,
    "c": 0.1363,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E877

secondary

#4543C0

accent

#12D316

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E877

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

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