#E6EC66#E6EC66

#E6EC66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.156 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6EC66
RGB	rgb(230, 236, 102)
HSL	hsl(63, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(63, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 56.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.68, -19.23, 62.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.68, 65.73, 107.01°)
OKLab	oklab(91.3% -0.0572 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(91.3% 0.156 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.0285, 77.7746, 24.1542)
Luminance	0.7777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6EC66 #6C66EC

analogous

#ECAF66 #E6EC66 #A3EC66

triadic

#E6EC66 #66E6EC #EC66E6

tetradic

#E6EC66 #66ECAF #6C66EC #EC66A3

square

#E6EC66 #66ECAF #6C66EC #EC66A3

split-complementary

#E6EC66 #66A3EC #AF66EC

monochromatic

#B8C018 #DDE530 #E6EC66 #EFF39C #F8FAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E6EC66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.55

#E6EC66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6EC66

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6EC66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6EC66	1.00	1.27	16.55	16.55
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE66E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ec66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 236, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.156 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f296',
    500: '#e6ec66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ec66;
$custom-light: #f1f296;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ec66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.687,
    "s": 77.907,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91298,
    "c": 0.15607,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6EC66

secondary

#3E38BE

accent

#0BDA15

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6EC66

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

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