#E6D959#E6D959

#E6D959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.148 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D959
RGB	rgb(230, 217, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.59, -10.77, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.59, 63.74, 99.72°)
OKLab	oklab(87.21% -0.0345 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(87.21% 0.148 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.2513, 67.1722, 19.2937)
Luminance	0.6717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D959 #5966E6

analogous

#E69259 #E6D959 #ADE659

triadic

#E6D959 #59E6D9 #D959E6

tetradic

#E6D959 #59E692 #5966E6 #E659AD

square

#E6D959 #59E692 #5966E6 #E659AD

split-complementary

#E6D959 #59ADE6 #9259E6

monochromatic

#AB9D1A #DECD24 #E6D959 #EEE58E #F6F1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E6D959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#E6D959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D959

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D959	1.00	1.45	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 217, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.148 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e48d',
    500: '#e6d959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d959;
$custom-light: #f1e48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.468,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87208,
    "c": 0.14759,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D959

secondary

#3742AC

accent

#22D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D959

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

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