#E6EE61#E6EE61

#E6EE61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.162 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6EE61
RGB	rgb(230, 238, 97)
HSL	hsl(63, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.16, -20.55, 65.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.16, 68.66, 107.42°)
OKLab	oklab(91.67% -0.0614 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(91.67% 0.162 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.3670, 78.8365, 23.0805)
Luminance	0.7883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6EE61 #6961EE

analogous

#EEAF61 #E6EE61 #9FEE61

triadic

#E6EE61 #61E6EE #EE61E6

tetradic

#E6EE61 #61EEAF #6961EE #EE619F

square

#E6EE61 #61EEAF #6961EE #EE619F

split-complementary

#E6EE61 #619FEE #AF61EE

monochromatic

#B6C015 #DDE82A #E6EE61 #EFF498 #F7FAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E6EE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.77

#E6EE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6EE61

16.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6EE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6EE61	1.00	1.25	16.77	16.77
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE76A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4E1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ee61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 238, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.162 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f393',
    500: '#e6ee61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ee61;
$custom-light: #f1f393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ee61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.404,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9167,
    "c": 0.16232,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6EE61

secondary

#3D35BE

accent

#09DD15

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6EE61

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

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