#E6E963#E6E963

#E6E963 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.155 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E963
RGB	rgb(230, 233, 99)
HSL	hsl(61, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 57.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.86, -17.99, 63.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.86, 65.75, 105.88°)
OKLab	oklab(90.64% -0.054 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(90.64% 0.155 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.0259, 76.0032, 23.0993)
Luminance	0.7600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E963 #6663E9

analogous

#E9A963 #E6E963 #A3E963

triadic

#E6E963 #63E6E9 #E963E6

tetradic

#E6E963 #63E9A9 #6663E9 #E963A3

square

#E6E963 #63E9A9 #6663E9 #E963A3

split-complementary

#E6E963 #63A3E9 #A963E9

monochromatic

#B4B81A #DDE12D #E6E963 #EFF199 #F7F8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E6E963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#E6E963 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E963

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E963	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)

#FAE054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE46B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 233, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.155 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ef94',
    500: '#e6e963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e963;
$custom-light: #f1ef94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.343,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90637,
    "c": 0.15534,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E963

secondary

#3C39B7

accent

#0ED713

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E963

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

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