#E6EC4F#E6EC4F

#E6EC4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.173 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6EC4F
RGB	rgb(230, 236, 79)
HSL	hsl(62, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 66.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.50, -20.69, 71.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.50, 74.85, 106.05°)
OKLab	oklab(91.1% -0.0636 0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(91.1% 0.173 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.0418, 77.3800, 18.9579)
Luminance	0.7738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6EC4F #554FEC

analogous

#ECA44F #E6EC4F #98EC4F

triadic

#E6EC4F #4FE6EC #EC4FE6

tetradic

#E6EC4F #4FECA4 #554FEC #EC4F98

square

#E6EC4F #4FECA4 #554FEC #EC4F98

split-complementary

#E6EC4F #4F98EC #A44FEC

monochromatic

#A8AE13 #DDE519 #E6EC4F #EEF286 #F6F8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E6EC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#E6EC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6EC4F

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6EC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6EC4F	1.00	1.27	16.48	16.48
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ec4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 236, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.173 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f189',
    500: '#e6ec4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ec4f;
$custom-light: #f1f189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ec4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.293,
    "s": 80.513,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91095,
    "c": 0.17335,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6EC4F

secondary

#3631AE

accent

#09DD11

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6EC4F

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

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