#E6EC5F#E6EC5F

#E6EC5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.162 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6EC5F
RGB	rgb(230, 236, 95)
HSL	hsl(63, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(63, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 59.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.62, -19.72, 65.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.62, 68.64, 106.70°)
OKLab	oklab(91.23% -0.0593 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(91.23% 0.162 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.6959, 77.6416, 22.4025)
Luminance	0.7764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6EC5F #655FEC

analogous

#ECAB5F #E6EC5F #A0EC5F

triadic

#E6EC5F #5FE6EC #EC5FE6

tetradic

#E6EC5F #5FECAB #655FEC #EC5FA0

square

#E6EC5F #5FECAB #655FEC #EC5FA0

split-complementary

#E6EC5F #5FA0EC #AB5FEC

monochromatic

#B3BA16 #DDE628 #E6EC5F #EFF296 #F7F9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E6EC5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.53

#E6EC5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6EC5F

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6EC5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6EC5F	1.00	1.27	16.53	16.53
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ec5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 236, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.162 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f292',
    500: '#e6ec5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ec5f;
$custom-light: #f1f292;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ec5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.553,
    "s": 78.771,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91229,
    "c": 0.16176,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6EC5F

secondary

#3B36BA

accent

#0ADB13

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6EC5F

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

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