#E6E357#E6E357

#E6E357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.159 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E357
RGB	rgb(230, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.19, -15.85, 66.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.19, 68.30, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(89.27% -0.0492 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(89.27% 0.159 108)
XYZ	xyz(61.8245, 72.4511, 19.7427)
Luminance	0.7245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E357 #575AE6

analogous

#E69B57 #E6E357 #A2E657

triadic

#E6E357 #57E6E3 #E357E6

tetradic

#E6E357 #57E69B #575AE6 #E657A2

square

#E6E357 #57E69B #575AE6 #E657A2

split-complementary

#E6E357 #57A2E6 #9B57E6

monochromatic

#A9A619 #DEDA22 #E6E357 #EEEC8C #F6F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E6E357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#E6E357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E357

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E357	1.00	1.36	15.49	15.49
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.159 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1eb8d',
    500: '#e6e357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e357;
$custom-light: #f1eb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.741,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89268,
    "c": 0.15867,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.72449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E357

secondary

#3639AB

accent

#13D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E357

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

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