#E6EC61#E6EC61

#E6EC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.160 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6EC61
RGB	rgb(230, 236, 97)
HSL	hsl(63, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.63, -19.59, 64.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.63, 67.82, 106.79°)
OKLab	oklab(91.25% -0.0587 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(91.25% 0.16 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.7880, 77.6784, 22.8875)
Luminance	0.7768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6EC61 #6761EC

analogous

#ECAC61 #E6EC61 #A0EC61

triadic

#E6EC61 #61E6EC #EC61E6

tetradic

#E6EC61 #61ECAC #6761EC #EC61A0

square

#E6EC61 #61ECAC #6761EC #EC61A0

split-complementary

#E6EC61 #61A0EC #AC61EC

monochromatic

#B5BC17 #DDE52A #E6EC61 #EFF398 #F7F9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E6EC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.54

#E6EC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6EC61

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6EC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6EC61	1.00	1.27	16.54	16.54
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ec61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 236, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.160 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f293',
    500: '#e6ec61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ec61;
$custom-light: #f1f293;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ec61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.59,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91248,
    "c": 0.16017,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6EC61

secondary

#3C36BB

accent

#0BDB14

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6EC61

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

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