#E6E359#E6E359

#E6E359 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.157 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E359
RGB	rgb(230, 227, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.20, -15.73, 65.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.20, 67.49, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(89.29% -0.0486 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(89.29% 0.157 108)
XYZ	xyz(61.9074, 72.4843, 20.1791)
Luminance	0.7248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E359 #595CE6

analogous

#E69C59 #E6E359 #A3E659

triadic

#E6E359 #59E6E3 #E359E6

tetradic

#E6E359 #59E69C #595CE6 #E659A3

square

#E6E359 #59E69C #595CE6 #E659A3

split-complementary

#E6E359 #59A3E6 #9C59E6

monochromatic

#ABA81A #DEDA24 #E6E359 #EEEC8E #F6F5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E6E359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#E6E359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E359

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E359	1.00	1.36	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 227, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.157 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1eb8e',
    500: '#e6e359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e359;
$custom-light: #f1eb8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.723,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89286,
    "c": 0.15715,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.72482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E359

secondary

#3739AC

accent

#14D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E359

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

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