#E6D859#E6D859

#E6D859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.147 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D859
RGB	rgb(230, 216, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.33, -10.26, 62.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.33, 63.38, 99.32°)
OKLab	oklab(87% -0.0331 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(87% 0.147 103)
XYZ	xyz(58.9944, 66.6582, 19.2080)
Luminance	0.6666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D859 #5967E6

analogous

#E69259 #E6D859 #ADE659

triadic

#E6D859 #59E6D8 #D859E6

tetradic

#E6D859 #59E692 #5967E6 #E659AD

square

#E6D859 #59E692 #5967E6 #E659AD

split-complementary

#E6D859 #59ADE6 #9259E6

monochromatic

#AB9C1A #DECC24 #E6D859 #EEE48E #F6F1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E6D859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#E6D859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D859

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D859	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 216, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.147 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e38d',
    500: '#e6d859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d859;
$custom-light: #f1e38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.043,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87002,
    "c": 0.14668,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.66656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D859

secondary

#3743AC

accent

#23D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D859

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

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