#E6E159#E6E159

#E6E159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.155 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E159
RGB	rgb(230, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.68, -14.74, 65.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.68, 66.72, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(88.87% -0.0458 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(88.87% 0.155 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.3636, 71.3966, 19.9978)
Luminance	0.7139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E159 #595EE6

analogous

#E69A59 #E6E159 #A5E659

triadic

#E6E159 #59E6E1 #E159E6

tetradic

#E6E159 #59E69A #595EE6 #E659A5

square

#E6E159 #59E69A #595EE6 #E659A5

split-complementary

#E6E159 #59A5E6 #9A59E6

monochromatic

#ABA61A #DED724 #E6E159 #EEEB8E #F6F4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E6E159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.28

#E6E159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E159

15.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E159	1.00	1.37	15.28	15.28
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.155 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea8e',
    500: '#e6e159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e159;
$custom-light: #f1ea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.872,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88869,
    "c": 0.15518,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E159

secondary

#373BAC

accent

#17D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E159

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

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