#E6ED8A#E6ED8A

#E6ED8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.123 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6ED8A
RGB	rgb(230, 237, 138)
HSL	hsl(64, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(64, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 41.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.34, -16.55, 47.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.34, 49.88, 109.38°)
OKLab	oklab(91.95% -0.0462 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(91.95% 0.123 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.5056, 79.2274, 35.7761)
Luminance	0.7923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6ED8A #918AED

analogous

#EDC28A #E6ED8A #B4ED8A

triadic

#E6ED8A #8AE6ED #ED8AE6

tetradic

#E6ED8A #8AEDC2 #918AED #ED8AB4

square

#E6ED8A #8AEDC2 #918AED #ED8AB4

split-complementary

#E6ED8A #8AB4ED #C28AED

monochromatic

#CEDB22 #DBE555 #E6ED8A #F1F5BF #F9FBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E6ED8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.85

#E6ED8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6ED8A

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6ED8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6ED8A	1.00	1.25	16.85	16.85
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE88F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1E2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ed8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 237, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.123 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eff2ae',
    500: '#e6ed8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ed8a;
$custom-light: #eff2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ed8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.242,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91953,
    "c": 0.1228,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6ED8A

secondary

#5C53C8

accent

#10D51E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171710

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6ED8A

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

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