#E6E569#E6E569

#E6E569 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.146 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E569
RGB	rgb(230, 229, 105)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 54.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.87, -15.59, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.87, 61.51, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(89.86% -0.0465 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(89.86% 0.146 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.2039, 73.8832, 24.2933)
Luminance	0.7388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E569 #696AE6

analogous

#E6A669 #E6E569 #A8E669

triadic

#E6E569 #69E6E5 #E569E6

tetradic

#E6E569 #69E6A6 #696AE6 #E669A8

square

#E6E569 #69E6A6 #696AE6 #E669A8

split-complementary

#E6E569 #69A8E6 #A669E6

monochromatic

#B6B51E #DDDC35 #E6E569 #EFEE9D #F7F7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E6E569 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#E6E569 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E569

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E569	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E569	1.00	1.33	15.78	15.78
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e569;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 229, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.146 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed98',
    500: '#e6e569',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e569;
$custom-light: #f0ed98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e569",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.52,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89863,
    "c": 0.146,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E569

secondary

#3D3EB6

accent

#14D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E569

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

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