#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
RGBrgb(230, 227, 89)
HSLhsl(59, 74%, 63%)
HSVhsv(59, 61%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.3%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(88.20, -15.73, 65.63)
CIE-LCHlch(88.20, 67.49, 103.48°)
OKLaboklab(89.29% -0.0486 0.1495)
OKLCHoklch(89.29% 0.157 108)
XYZxyz(61.9074, 72.4843, 20.1791)
Luminance0.7248 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##E6E3591.001.3615.5015.50
#FFFFFF1.361.0021.0021.00
#00000015.5021.001.001.00
##00000015.5021.001.001.00

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

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#E6E359 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva