#E6E489#E6E489

#E6E489 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.113 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E489
RGB	rgb(230, 228, 137)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(59, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 40.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.98, -12.22, 44.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.98, 46.23, 105.32°)
OKLab	oklab(90.07% -0.0338 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(90.07% 0.113 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.8929, 74.1174, 34.5497)
Luminance	0.7412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E489 #898BE6

analogous

#E6B689 #E6E489 #BAE689

triadic

#E6E489 #89E6E4 #E489E6

tetradic

#E6E489 #89E6B6 #898BE6 #E689BA

square

#E6E489 #89E6B6 #898BE6 #E689BA

split-complementary

#E6E489 #89BAE6 #B689E6

monochromatic

#CAC62B #DBD857 #E6E489 #F1F0BC #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E6E489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82

#E6E489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E489

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E489	1.00	1.33	15.82	15.82
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DD82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E18D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 228, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.113 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efecad',
    500: '#e6e489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e489;
$custom-light: #efecad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.71,
    "s": 65.035,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90071,
    "c": 0.11333,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E489

secondary

#5456BF

accent

#1DCD19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E489

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

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