#E6D459#E6D459

#E6D459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.143 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D459
RGB	rgb(230, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.29, -8.25, 61.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.29, 61.97, 97.65°)
OKLab	oklab(86.18% -0.0273 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(86.18% 0.143 101)
XYZ	xyz(57.9820, 64.6336, 18.8706)
Luminance	0.6463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D459 #596BE6

analogous

#E68D59 #E6D459 #B2E659

triadic

#E6D459 #59E6D4 #D459E6

tetradic

#E6D459 #59E68D #596BE6 #E659B2

square

#E6D459 #59E68D #596BE6 #E659B2

split-complementary

#E6D459 #59B2E6 #8D59E6

monochromatic

#AB981A #DEC624 #E6D459 #EEE28E #F6F0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E6D459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#E6D459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D459

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D459	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.143 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e08d',
    500: '#e6d459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d459;
$custom-light: #f1e08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86179,
    "c": 0.14315,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.64631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D459

secondary

#3746AC

accent

#29D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D459

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

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