#E6EC4E#E6EC4E

#E6EC4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.174 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6EC4E
RGB	rgb(230, 236, 78)
HSL	hsl(62, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 66.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.49, -20.75, 72.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.49, 75.22, 106.01°)
OKLab	oklab(91.09% -0.0638 0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(91.09% 0.174 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.0057, 77.3655, 18.7676)
Luminance	0.7736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6EC4E #544EEC

analogous

#ECA34E #E6EC4E #97EC4E

triadic

#E6EC4E #4EE6EC #EC4EE6

tetradic

#E6EC4E #4EECA3 #544EEC #EC4E97

square

#E6EC4E #4EECA3 #544EEC #EC4E97

split-complementary

#E6EC4E #4E97EC #A34EEC

monochromatic

#A7AD13 #DDE419 #E6EC4E #EEF285 #F6F8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E6EC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.47

#E6EC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6EC4E

16.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6EC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6EC4E	1.00	1.27	16.47	16.47
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ec4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 236, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.174 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f188',
    500: '#e6ec4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ec4e;
$custom-light: #f1f188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ec4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.278,
    "s": 80.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91088,
    "c": 0.17401,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6EC4E

secondary

#3530AE

accent

#09DD11

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6EC4E

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

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