#E6E960#E6E960

#E6E960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.158 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E960
RGB	rgb(230, 233, 96)
HSL	hsl(61, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.83, -18.20, 64.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.83, 67.00, 105.76°)
OKLab	oklab(90.61% -0.0549 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(90.61% 0.158 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.8851, 75.9469, 22.3580)
Luminance	0.7594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E960 #6360E9

analogous

#E9A860 #E6E960 #A2E960

triadic

#E6E960 #60E6E9 #E960E6

tetradic

#E6E960 #60E9A8 #6360E9 #E960A2

square

#E6E960 #60E9A8 #6360E9 #E960A2

split-complementary

#E6E960 #60A2E9 #A860E9

monochromatic

#B2B519 #DEE22A #E6E960 #EEF096 #F7F8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E6E960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#E6E960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E960

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E960	1.00	1.30	16.19	16.19
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 233, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.158 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ef92',
    500: '#e6e960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e960;
$custom-light: #f1ef92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.314,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90608,
    "c": 0.15779,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E960

secondary

#3B38B5

accent

#0ED812

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E960

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

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