#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
RGBrgb(230, 229, 105)
HSLhsl(60, 71%, 66%)
HSVhsv(60, 54%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.4%, 54.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(88.87, -15.59, 59.50)
CIE-LCHlch(88.87, 61.51, 104.69°)
OKLaboklab(89.86% -0.0465 0.1384)
OKLCHoklch(89.86% 0.146 108.6)
XYZxyz(63.2039, 73.8832, 24.2933)
Luminance0.7388 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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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
##E6E5691.001.3315.7815.78
#FFFFFF1.331.0021.0021.00
#00000015.7821.001.001.00
##00000015.7821.001.001.00

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

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#E6E569 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva