#E6ED61#E6ED61

#E6ED61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.161 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6ED61
RGB	rgb(230, 237, 97)
HSL	hsl(63, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.90, -20.07, 65.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.90, 68.24, 107.11°)
OKLab	oklab(91.46% -0.06 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(91.46% 0.161 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.0767, 78.2559, 22.9837)
Luminance	0.7825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6ED61 #6861ED

analogous

#EDAE61 #E6ED61 #A0ED61

triadic

#E6ED61 #61E6ED #ED61E6

tetradic

#E6ED61 #61EDAE #6861ED #ED61A0

square

#E6ED61 #61EDAE #6861ED #ED61A0

split-complementary

#E6ED61 #61A0ED #AE61ED

monochromatic

#B6BE16 #DDE72A #E6ED61 #EFF398 #F7FACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E6ED61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.65

#E6ED61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6ED61

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6ED61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6ED61	1.00	1.26	16.65	16.65
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE76A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4E0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ed61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 237, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.161 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f293',
    500: '#e6ed61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ed61;
$custom-light: #f1f293;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ed61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91459,
    "c": 0.16125,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6ED61

secondary

#3C36BD

accent

#0ADC14

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6ED61

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

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