#E6E558#E6E558

#E6E558 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.160 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E558
RGB	rgb(230, 229, 88)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 61.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.72, -16.77, 66.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.72, 68.67, 104.14°)
OKLab	oklab(89.7% -0.0516 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(89.7% 0.16 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.4159, 73.5680, 20.1428)
Luminance	0.7357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E558 #5859E6

analogous

#E69E58 #E6E558 #A0E658

triadic

#E6E558 #58E6E5 #E558E6

tetradic

#E6E558 #58E69E #5859E6 #E658A0

square

#E6E558 #58E69E #5859E6 #E658A0

split-complementary

#E6E558 #58A0E6 #9E58E6

monochromatic

#AAA919 #DEDD23 #E6E558 #EEED8D #F6F6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E6E558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.71

#E6E558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E558

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E558	1.00	1.34	15.71	15.71
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 229, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.160 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed8d',
    500: '#e6e558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e558;
$custom-light: #f1ed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.577,
    "s": 73.958,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89696,
    "c": 0.15991,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E558

secondary

#3737AC

accent

#11D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E558

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

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