#E6E95B#E6E95B

#E6E95B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.162 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E95B
RGB	rgb(230, 233, 91)
HSL	hsl(61, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.79, -18.53, 66.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.79, 69.05, 105.57°)
OKLab	oklab(90.56% -0.0563 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(90.56% 0.162 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.6622, 75.8578, 21.1840)
Luminance	0.7586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E95B #5E5BE9

analogous

#E9A55B #E6E95B #9FE95B

triadic

#E6E95B #5BE6E9 #E95BE6

tetradic

#E6E95B #5BE9A5 #5E5BE9 #E95B9F

square

#E6E95B #5BE9A5 #5E5BE9 #E95B9F

split-complementary

#E6E95B #5B9FE9 #A55BE9

monochromatic

#AFB218 #DEE225 #E6E95B #EEF091 #F6F7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E6E95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.17

#E6E95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E95B

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E95B	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)

#FAE04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 233, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.162 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ef8f',
    500: '#e6e95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e95b;
$custom-light: #f1ef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.268,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90562,
    "c": 0.16171,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E95B

secondary

#3936B2

accent

#0DD911

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E95B

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

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