#E6E969#E6E969

#E6E969 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.150 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E969
RGB	rgb(230, 233, 105)
HSL	hsl(61, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(61, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 54.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.92, -17.55, 60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.92, 63.18, 106.13°)
OKLab	oklab(90.7% -0.0521 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(90.7% 0.15 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.3235, 76.1223, 24.6665)
Luminance	0.7612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E969 #6C69E9

analogous

#E9AC69 #E6E969 #A6E969

triadic

#E6E969 #69E6E9 #E969E6

tetradic

#E6E969 #69E9AC #6C69E9 #E969A6

square

#E6E969 #69E9AC #6C69E9 #E969A6

split-complementary

#E6E969 #69A6E9 #AC69E9

monochromatic

#B8BC1C #DDE134 #E6E969 #EFF19E #F8F9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E6E969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.22

#E6E969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E969

16.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E969	1.00	1.29	16.22	16.22
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E05C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 233, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.150 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef98',
    500: '#e6e969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e969;
$custom-light: #f0ef98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.406,
    "s": 74.419,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90699,
    "c": 0.15026,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E969

secondary

#3E3BBB

accent

#0FD714

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E969

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

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