#E6EC5A#E6EC5A

#E6EC5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.166 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6EC5A
RGB	rgb(230, 236, 90)
HSL	hsl(62, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.58, -20.05, 67.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.58, 70.66, 106.48°)
OKLab	oklab(91.18% -0.0607 0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(91.18% 0.166 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.4759, 77.5536, 21.2438)
Luminance	0.7755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6EC5A #605AEC

analogous

#ECA95A #E6EC5A #9DEC5A

triadic

#E6EC5A #5AE6EC #EC5AE6

tetradic

#E6EC5A #5AECA9 #605AEC #EC5A9D

square

#E6EC5A #5AECA9 #605AEC #EC5A9D

split-complementary

#E6EC5A #5A9DEC #A95AEC

monochromatic

#B0B715 #DEE623 #E6EC5A #EEF291 #F7F9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E6EC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.51

#E6EC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6EC5A

16.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6EC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6EC5A	1.00	1.27	16.51	16.51
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ec5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 236, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.166 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f28f',
    500: '#e6ec5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ec5a;
$custom-light: #f1f28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ec5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.466,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91184,
    "c": 0.1656,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6EC5A

secondary

#3934B6

accent

#0ADC12

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6EC5A

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

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