#E6E258#E6E258

#E6E258 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.157 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E258
RGB	rgb(230, 226, 88)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 61.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.93, -15.30, 65.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.93, 67.51, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(89.07% -0.0475 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(89.07% 0.157 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.5930, 71.9222, 19.8685)
Luminance	0.7192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E258 #585CE6

analogous

#E69B58 #E6E258 #A3E658

triadic

#E6E258 #58E6E2 #E258E6

tetradic

#E6E258 #58E69B #585CE6 #E658A3

square

#E6E258 #58E69B #585CE6 #E658A3

split-complementary

#E6E258 #58A3E6 #9B58E6

monochromatic

#AAA619 #DED923 #E6E258 #EEEB8D #F6F4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E6E258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#E6E258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E258

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E258	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 226, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.157 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea8d',
    500: '#e6e258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e258;
$custom-light: #f1ea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.31,
    "s": 73.958,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89068,
    "c": 0.15693,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E258

secondary

#373AAC

accent

#15D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E258

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

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