#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
RGBrgb(230, 228, 137)
HSLhsl(59, 65%, 72%)
HSVhsv(59, 40%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.9%, 40.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(88.98, -12.22, 44.58)
CIE-LCHlch(88.98, 46.23, 105.32°)
OKLaboklab(90.07% -0.0338 0.1082)
OKLCHoklch(90.07% 0.113 107.4)
XYZxyz(64.8929, 74.1174, 34.5497)
Luminance0.7412 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##E6E4891.001.3315.8215.82
#FFFFFF1.331.0021.0021.00
#00000015.8221.001.001.00
##00000015.8221.001.001.00

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

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#E6E489 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva