#E6E964#E6E964

#E6E964 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	#E6E964
RGB	rgb(230, 233, 100)
HSL	hsl(61, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 57.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.87, -17.92, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.87, 65.32, 105.92°)
OKLab	oklab(90.65% -0.0537 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(90.65% 0.155 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.0740, 76.0225, 23.3527)
Luminance	0.7602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E964 #6764E9

analogous

#E9A964 #E6E964 #A4E964

triadic

#E6E964 #64E6E9 #E964E6

tetradic

#E6E964 #64E9A9 #6764E9 #E964A4

square

#E6E964 #64E9A9 #6764E9 #E964A4

split-complementary

#E6E964 #64A4E9 #A964E9

monochromatic

#B5B81A #DDE12E #E6E964 #EFF19A #F7F8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E6E964 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#E6E964 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E964

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E964	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E964	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)

#FAE055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE46C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e964;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 233, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.155 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ef95',
    500: '#e6e964',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e964;
$custom-light: #f1ef95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e964",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.353,
    "s": 75.141,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90647,
    "c": 0.15452,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E964

secondary

#3C39B8

accent

#0ED713

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E964

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

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