#E6E953#E6E953

#E6E953 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.168 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E953
RGB	rgb(230, 233, 83)
HSL	hsl(61, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.73, -19.02, 69.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.73, 72.19, 105.28°)
OKLab	oklab(90.49% -0.0585 0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(90.49% 0.168 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.3353, 75.7270, 19.4624)
Luminance	0.7572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E953 #5653E9

analogous

#E9A153 #E6E953 #9BE953

triadic

#E6E953 #53E6E9 #E953E6

tetradic

#E6E953 #53E9A1 #5653E9 #E9539B

square

#E6E953 #53E9A1 #5653E9 #E9539B

split-complementary

#E6E953 #539BE9 #A153E9

monochromatic

#A9AC16 #DEE21D #E6E953 #EEF089 #F6F7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E6E953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.15

#E6E953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E953

16.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E953	1.00	1.30	16.15	16.15
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBDF3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 233, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.168 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ef8b',
    500: '#e6e953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e953;
$custom-light: #f1ef8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.2,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90494,
    "c": 0.16758,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E953

secondary

#3633AD

accent

#0CDA10

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E953

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

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