#E6E96A#E6E96A

#E6E96A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.149 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E96A
RGB	rgb(230, 233, 106)
HSL	hsl(61, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(61, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 54.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.93, -17.48, 60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.93, 62.75, 106.17°)
OKLab	oklab(90.71% -0.0518 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(90.71% 0.149 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.3752, 76.1429, 24.9388)
Luminance	0.7614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E96A #6D6AE9

analogous

#E9AD6A #E6E96A #A7E96A

triadic

#E6E96A #6AE6E9 #E96AE6

tetradic

#E6E96A #6AE9AD #6D6AE9 #E96AA7

square

#E6E96A #6AE9AD #6D6AE9 #E96AA7

split-complementary

#E6E96A #6AA7E9 #AD6AE9

monochromatic

#B9BD1C #DDE135 #E6E96A #EFF19F #F8F9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E6E96A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.23

#E6E96A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E96A

16.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E96A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E96A	1.00	1.29	16.23	16.23
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E05D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e96a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 233, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.149 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef98',
    500: '#e6e96a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e96a;
$custom-light: #f0ef98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e96a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.417,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9071,
    "c": 0.14939,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E96A

secondary

#3E3BBC

accent

#0FD614

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E96A

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

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