#E6EC56#E6EC56

#E6EC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.169 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6EC56
RGB	rgb(230, 236, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.55, -20.30, 69.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.55, 72.22, 106.32°)
OKLab	oklab(91.15% -0.0618 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(91.15% 0.169 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.3102, 77.4873, 20.3711)
Luminance	0.7749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6EC56 #5C56EC

analogous

#ECA756 #E6EC56 #9BEC56

triadic

#E6EC56 #56E6EC #EC56E6

tetradic

#E6EC56 #56ECA7 #5C56EC #EC569B

square

#E6EC56 #56ECA7 #5C56EC #EC569B

split-complementary

#E6EC56 #569BEC #A756EC

monochromatic

#ADB314 #DEE61F #E6EC56 #EEF28D #F6F8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E6EC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#E6EC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6EC56

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6EC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6EC56	1.00	1.27	16.50	16.50
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ec56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 236, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.169 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f28d',
    500: '#e6ec56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ec56;
$custom-light: #f1f28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ec56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.4,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9115,
    "c": 0.16854,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6EC56

secondary

#3833B3

accent

#09DC12

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6EC56

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

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