#e6ec26

Color #e6ec26

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow #ffff00 · ΔE 12.65 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-300 #ffdf20 · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#e6ec26

RGB

rgb(230, 236, 38)

HSL

hsl(61.8, 83.9%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(61.8, 83.9%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 83.9%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(90.3, -22.29, 83.87)

LCH

lch(90.3, 86.78, 104.88)

OKLCH

oklch(90.9%, 0.1935, 111.59)

HWB

hwb(61.8, 14.9%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2c26ec

Analogous

#ec8f26

#e6ec26

#83ec26

Triadic

#e6ec26

#26e6ec

#ec26e6

Split-complementary

#e6ec26

#2683ec

#8f26ec

Tetradic

#e6ec26

#26ec2c

#2c26ec

#ec26e6

Square

#e6ec26

#26ec8f

#2c26ec

#ec2683

Shades

Color #e6ec26 mixed toward black.

#ccd212

#a3a80f

#7a7e0b

#525407

#292a04

Tints

Color #e6ec26 mixed toward white.

#eaef4a

#eef26e

#f3f592

#f7f9b7

#fbfcdb

Tones

Color #e6ec26 mixed toward gray.

#d7db36

#c7cb47

#b7ba57

#a8aa68

#989978

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e9e980 · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#e8e88d · ΔE 10.2

Tritanopia

#e6a5ab · ΔE 48.6

Achromatopsia

#e3e3e3 · ΔE 29.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e6ec26;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e6ec26]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e6ec26 (#e6ec26) is rgb(230, 236, 38) in RGB.

No, #e6ec26 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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