#E6EC72#E6EC72

#E6EC72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.145 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6EC72
RGB	rgb(230, 236, 114)
HSL	hsl(63, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(63, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.79, -18.30, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.79, 60.51, 107.60°)
OKLab	oklab(91.43% -0.0533 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(91.43% 0.146 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.6672, 78.0301, 27.5184)
Luminance	0.7803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6EC72 #7872EC

analogous

#ECB572 #E6EC72 #A9EC72

triadic

#E6EC72 #72E6EC #EC72E6

tetradic

#E6EC72 #72ECB5 #7872EC #EC72A9

square

#E6EC72 #72ECB5 #7872EC #EC72A9

split-complementary

#E6EC72 #72A9EC #B572EC

monochromatic

#C0C91B #DCE53C #E6EC72 #F0F3A8 #F9FBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E6EC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.61

#E6EC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6EC72

16.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6EC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6EC72	1.00	1.26	16.61	16.61
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE366

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3E0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ec72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 236, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.145 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f29e',
    500: '#e6ec72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ec72;
$custom-light: #f0f29e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ec72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.951,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91428,
    "c": 0.1455,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6EC72

secondary

#453EC4

accent

#0DD817

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6EC72

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

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