#E6E962#E6E962

#E6E962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.156 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E962
RGB	rgb(230, 233, 98)
HSL	hsl(61, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.85, -18.06, 63.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.85, 66.17, 105.84°)
OKLab	oklab(90.63% -0.0543 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(90.63% 0.156 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.9784, 75.9842, 22.8491)
Luminance	0.7598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E962 #6562E9

analogous

#E9A862 #E6E962 #A3E962

triadic

#E6E962 #62E6E9 #E962E6

tetradic

#E6E962 #62E9A8 #6562E9 #E962A3

square

#E6E962 #62E9A8 #6562E9 #E962A3

split-complementary

#E6E962 #62A3E9 #A862E9

monochromatic

#B3B71A #DDE12C #E6E962 #EFF198 #F7F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E6E962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#E6E962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E962

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E962	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE46A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 233, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.156 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ef94',
    500: '#e6e962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e962;
$custom-light: #f1ef94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.333,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90627,
    "c": 0.15617,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E962

secondary

#3B38B7

accent

#0ED812

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E962

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

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