#E6E577#E6E577

#E6E577 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.133 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E577
RGB	rgb(230, 229, 119)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 48.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.01, -14.44, 53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.01, 55.20, 105.17°)
OKLab	oklab(90.03% -0.0418 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(90.03% 0.133 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.9836, 74.1951, 28.3998)
Luminance	0.7419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E577 #7778E6

analogous

#E6AD77 #E6E577 #AFE677

triadic

#E6E577 #77E6E5 #E577E6

tetradic

#E6E577 #77E6AD #7778E6 #E677AF

square

#E6E577 #77E6AD #7778E6 #E677AF

split-complementary

#E6E577 #77AFE6 #AD77E6

monochromatic

#BFBE23 #DCDB43 #E6E577 #F0EFAB #F9F9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E6E577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#E6E577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E577

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E577	1.00	1.33	15.84	15.84
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E27C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 229, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.133 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eda1',
    500: '#e6e577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e577;
$custom-light: #f0eda1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.459,
    "s": 68.944,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90028,
    "c": 0.133,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E577

secondary

#4445BE

accent

#16D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E577

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

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