#E6E94A#E6E94A

#E6E94A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.174 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E94A
RGB	rgb(230, 233, 74)
HSL	hsl(61, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 68.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.67, -19.51, 72.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.67, 75.50, 104.97°)
OKLab	oklab(90.43% -0.0607 0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(90.43% 0.174 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.0102, 75.5969, 17.7497)
Luminance	0.7560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E94A #4D4AE9

analogous

#E99C4A #E6E94A #96E94A

triadic

#E6E94A #4AE6E9 #E94AE6

tetradic

#E6E94A #4AE99C #4D4AE9 #E94A96

square

#E6E94A #4AE99C #4D4AE9 #E94A96

split-complementary

#E6E94A #4A96E9 #9C4AE9

monochromatic

#A2A514 #D8DB1B #E6E94A #EEF081 #F5F6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E6E94A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.12

#E6E94A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E94A

16.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E94A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E94A	1.00	1.30	16.12	16.12
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBDF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e94a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 233, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.174 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ef86',
    500: '#e6e94a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e94a;
$custom-light: #f2ef86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e94a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.132,
    "s": 78.325,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90426,
    "c": 0.17357,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E94A

secondary

#3331A7

accent

#0BDB0F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E94A

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

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