#E6E457#E6E457

#E6E457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.160 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E6E457
RGBrgb(230, 228, 87)
HSLhsl(59, 74%, 62%)
HSVhsv(59, 62%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.9%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(88.45, -16.34, 66.71)
CIE-LCHlch(88.45, 68.68, 103.77°)
OKLaboklab(89.48% -0.0505 0.1515)
OKLCHoklch(89.48% 0.16 108.5)
XYZxyz(62.0988, 72.9997, 19.8342)
Luminance0.7300 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E6E457 #5759E6
analogous
#E69D57 #E6E457 #A0E657
triadic
#E6E457 #57E6E4 #E457E6
tetradic
#E6E457 #57E69D #5759E6 #E657A0
square
#E6E457 #57E69D #5759E6 #E657A0
split-complementary
#E6E457 #57A0E6 #9D57E6
monochromatic
#A9A719 #DEDB22 #E6E457 #EEED8C #F6F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35
#E6E457 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.60
#E6E457 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E457
15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E6E457#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E6E4571.001.3515.6015.60
#FFFFFF1.351.0021.0021.00
#00000015.6021.001.001.00
##00000015.6021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F6DB45
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F8E060
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5D6C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e6e457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.160 108.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ec8d',
    500: '#e6e457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e6e457;
$custom-light: #f1ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e6e457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.161,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89478,
    "c": 0.15966,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E6E457
secondary
#3638AB
accent
#12D60F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

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#E6E457 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva