#E6E259#E6E259

#E6E259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.156 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E259
RGB	rgb(230, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.94, -15.24, 65.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.94, 67.10, 103.12°)
OKLab	oklab(89.08% -0.0472 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(89.08% 0.156 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.6347, 71.9389, 20.0881)
Luminance	0.7194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E259 #595DE6

analogous

#E69C59 #E6E259 #A3E659

triadic

#E6E259 #59E6E2 #E259E6

tetradic

#E6E259 #59E69C #595DE6 #E659A3

square

#E6E259 #59E69C #595DE6 #E659A3

split-complementary

#E6E259 #59A3E6 #9C59E6

monochromatic

#ABA71A #DED924 #E6E259 #EEEB8E #F6F5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E6E259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#E6E259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E259

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E259	1.00	1.36	15.39	15.39
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.156 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea8e',
    500: '#e6e259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e259;
$custom-light: #f1ea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.298,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89077,
    "c": 0.15616,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E259

secondary

#373AAC

accent

#15D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E259

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

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