#E6ECAA#E6ECAA

#E6ECAA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.085 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6ECAA
RGB	rgb(230, 236, 170)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(65, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 28%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.56, -12.33, 31.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.56, 33.76, 111.42°)
OKLab	oklab(92.29% -0.0323 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(92.29% 0.085 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.8842, 79.7169, 49.7278)
Luminance	0.7972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6ECAA #B0AAEC

analogous

#ECD1AA #E6ECAA #C5ECAA

triadic

#E6ECAA #AAE6EC #ECAAE6

tetradic

#E6ECAA #AAECD1 #B0AAEC #ECAAC5

square

#E6ECAA #AAECD1 #B0AAEC #ECAAC5

split-complementary

#E6ECAA #AAC5EC #D1AAEC

monochromatic

#C9D646 #D7E178 #E6ECAA #F5F7DC #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#E6ECAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.94

#E6ECAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6ECAA

16.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6ECAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6ECAA	1.00	1.24	16.94	16.94
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E6A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E8AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEE4DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ecaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 236, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.085 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eef2c3',
    500: '#e6ecaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ecaa;
$custom-light: #eef2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ecaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92285,
    "c": 0.08516,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6ECAA

secondary

#7A72C9

accent

#1ACB2A

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#161612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6ECAA

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

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