#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
RGBrgb(230, 226, 89)
HSLhsl(58, 74%, 63%)
HSVhsv(58, 61%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.7%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(87.94, -15.24, 65.35)
CIE-LCHlch(87.94, 67.10, 103.12°)
OKLaboklab(89.08% -0.0472 0.1489)
OKLCHoklch(89.08% 0.156 107.6)
XYZxyz(61.6347, 71.9389, 20.0881)
Luminance0.7194 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E6E2591.001.3615.3915.39
#FFFFFF1.361.0021.0021.00
#00000015.3921.001.001.00
##00000015.3921.001.001.00

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

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#E6E259 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva