#E6E157#E6E157

#E6E157 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.157 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E157
RGB	rgb(230, 225, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.66, -14.87, 65.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.66, 67.53, 102.72°)
OKLab	oklab(88.85% -0.0464 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(88.85% 0.157 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.2807, 71.3635, 19.5615)
Luminance	0.7136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E157 #575CE6

analogous

#E69A57 #E6E157 #A4E657

triadic

#E6E157 #57E6E1 #E157E6

tetradic

#E6E157 #57E69A #575CE6 #E657A4

square

#E6E157 #57E69A #575CE6 #E657A4

split-complementary

#E6E157 #57A4E6 #9A57E6

monochromatic

#A9A419 #DED722 #E6E157 #EEEB8C #F6F4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E6E157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#E6E157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E157

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E157	1.00	1.38	15.27	15.27
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 225, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.157 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea8c',
    500: '#e6e157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e157;
$custom-light: #f1ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.902,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88851,
    "c": 0.1567,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E157

secondary

#363AAB

accent

#16D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E157

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

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