#E6E559#E6E559

#E6E559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.159 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E559
RGB	rgb(230, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.73, -16.71, 66.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.73, 68.27, 104.17°)
OKLab	oklab(89.71% -0.0514 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(89.71% 0.159 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.4576, 73.5847, 20.3624)
Luminance	0.7358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E559 #595AE6

analogous

#E69E59 #E6E559 #A1E659

triadic

#E6E559 #59E6E5 #E559E6

tetradic

#E6E559 #59E69E #595AE6 #E659A1

square

#E6E559 #59E69E #595AE6 #E659A1

split-complementary

#E6E559 #59A1E6 #9E59E6

monochromatic

#ABAA1A #DEDD24 #E6E559 #EEED8E #F6F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E6E559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#E6E559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E559

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E559	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.159 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed8e',
    500: '#e6e559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e559;
$custom-light: #f1ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.574,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89705,
    "c": 0.15915,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E559

secondary

#3738AC

accent

#11D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E559

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

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