#E6DE59#E6DE59

#E6DE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.152 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DE59
RGB	rgb(230, 222, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.89, -13.26, 64.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.89, 65.58, 101.66°)
OKLab	oklab(88.24% -0.0416 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(88.24% 0.152 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.5597, 69.7888, 19.7298)
Luminance	0.6979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DE59 #5961E6

analogous

#E69859 #E6DE59 #A7E659

triadic

#E6DE59 #59E6DE #DE59E6

tetradic

#E6DE59 #59E698 #5961E6 #E659A7

square

#E6DE59 #59E698 #5961E6 #E659A7

split-complementary

#E6DE59 #59A7E6 #9859E6

monochromatic

#ABA31A #DED324 #E6DE59 #EEE98E #F6F3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E6DE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#E6DE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DE59

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DE59	1.00	1.40	14.96	14.96
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6de59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 222, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.152 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e88d',
    500: '#e6de59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6de59;
$custom-light: #f1e88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6de59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.596,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88244,
    "c": 0.15227,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DE59

secondary

#373EAC

accent

#1BD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DE59

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

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