#E6E985#E6E985

#E6E985 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.123 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E985
RGB	rgb(230, 233, 133)
HSL	hsl(62, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(62, 43%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 42.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.23, -15.10, 48.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.23, 50.40, 107.43°)
OKLab	oklab(91.05% -0.0424 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(91.05% 0.123 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.0067, 76.7956, 33.5316)
Luminance	0.7679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E985 #8885E9

analogous

#E9BA85 #E6E985 #B4E985

triadic

#E6E985 #85E6E9 #E985E6

tetradic

#E6E985 #85E9BA #8885E9 #E985B4

square

#E6E985 #85E9BA #8885E9 #E985B4

split-complementary

#E6E985 #85B4E9 #BA85E9

monochromatic

#C9CE25 #DBE051 #E6E985 #F1F2B9 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E6E985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.36

#E6E985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E985

16.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E985	1.00	1.28	16.36	16.36
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E17D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E58A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 233, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.123 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efefaa',
    500: '#e6e985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e985;
$custom-light: #efefaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.8,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91048,
    "c": 0.12333,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E985

secondary

#5350C2

accent

#14D11A

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E985

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

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