#E6DC59#E6DC59

#E6DC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.150 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DC59
RGB	rgb(230, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.37, -12.26, 63.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.37, 64.84, 100.90°)
OKLab	oklab(87.83% -0.0388 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(87.83% 0.15 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.0316, 68.7328, 19.5538)
Luminance	0.6873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DC59 #5963E6

analogous

#E69659 #E6DC59 #A9E659

triadic

#E6DC59 #59E6DC #DC59E6

tetradic

#E6DC59 #59E696 #5963E6 #E659A9

square

#E6DC59 #59E696 #5963E6 #E659A9

split-complementary

#E6DC59 #59A9E6 #9659E6

monochromatic

#ABA11A #DED124 #E6DC59 #EEE78E #F6F2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E6DC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#E6DC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DC59

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DC59	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.150 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e68d',
    500: '#e6dc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dc59;
$custom-light: #f1e68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.745,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87829,
    "c": 0.15037,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DC59

secondary

#373FAC

accent

#1ED610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DC59

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

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