#E6ED72#E6ED72

#E6ED72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.147 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6ED72
RGB	rgb(230, 237, 114)
HSL	hsl(63, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(63, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 51.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.06, -18.79, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.06, 60.95, 107.95°)
OKLab	oklab(91.64% -0.0547 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(91.64% 0.147 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.9560, 78.6076, 27.6146)
Luminance	0.7861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6ED72 #7972ED

analogous

#EDB772 #E6ED72 #A9ED72

triadic

#E6ED72 #72E6ED #ED72E6

tetradic

#E6ED72 #72EDB7 #7972ED #ED72A9

square

#E6ED72 #72EDB7 #7972ED #ED72A9

split-complementary

#E6ED72 #72A9ED #B772ED

monochromatic

#C1CB1A #DCE63C #E6ED72 #F0F4A8 #F9FBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E6ED72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.72

#E6ED72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6ED72

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6ED72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6ED72	1.00	1.26	16.72	16.72
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE466

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3E1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ed72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 237, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.147 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f29e',
    500: '#e6ed72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ed72;
$custom-light: #f0f29e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ed72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.415,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91638,
    "c": 0.14662,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6ED72

secondary

#453EC6

accent

#0CDA18

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6ED72

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

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