#E6EC99#E6EC99

#E6EC99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.105 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6EC99
RGB	rgb(230, 236, 153)
HSL	hsl(64, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(64, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.29, -14.42, 39.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.29, 42.16, 110.00°)
OKLab	oklab(91.98% -0.039 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(91.98% 0.105 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.3788, 79.1148, 41.7993)
Luminance	0.7911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6EC99 #9F99EC

analogous

#ECC999 #E6EC99 #BDEC99

triadic

#E6EC99 #99E6EC #EC99E6

tetradic

#E6EC99 #99ECC9 #9F99EC #EC99BD

square

#E6EC99 #99ECC9 #9F99EC #EC99BD

split-complementary

#E6EC99 #99BDEC #C999EC

monochromatic

#CDD932 #D9E265 #E6EC99 #F3F6CD #F9FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E6EC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.82

#E6EC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6EC99

16.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6EC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6EC99	1.00	1.25	16.82	16.82
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0E3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ec99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 236, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.105 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eff2b8',
    500: '#e6ec99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ec99;
$custom-light: #eff2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ec99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.337,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91981,
    "c": 0.10507,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.79114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6EC99

secondary

#6962C8

accent

#15D123

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6EC99

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

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