#E6E459#E6E459

#E6E459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.158 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E459
RGB	rgb(230, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.46, -16.22, 65.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.46, 67.88, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(89.5% -0.05 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(89.5% 0.158 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.1817, 73.0329, 20.2705)
Luminance	0.7303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E459 #595BE6

analogous

#E69E59 #E6E459 #A1E659

triadic

#E6E459 #59E6E4 #E459E6

tetradic

#E6E459 #59E69E #595BE6 #E659A1

square

#E6E459 #59E69E #595BE6 #E659A1

split-complementary

#E6E459 #59A1E6 #9E59E6

monochromatic

#ABA91A #DEDB24 #E6E459 #EEED8E #F6F5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E6E459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.61

#E6E459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E459

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E459	1.00	1.35	15.61	15.61
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.158 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ec8e',
    500: '#e6e459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e459;
$custom-light: #f1ec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.149,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89495,
    "c": 0.15815,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E459

secondary

#3739AC

accent

#12D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E459

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

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