#E6E57E#E6E57E

#E6E57E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.126 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E57E
RGB	rgb(230, 229, 126)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 45%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 45.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.10, -13.80, 50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.10, 51.93, 105.41°)
OKLab	oklab(90.12% -0.0393 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(90.12% 0.126 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.4196, 74.3695, 30.6959)
Luminance	0.7437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E57E #7E7FE6

analogous

#E6B17E #E6E57E #B3E67E

triadic

#E6E57E #7EE6E5 #E57EE6

tetradic

#E6E57E #7EE6B1 #7E7FE6 #E67EB3

square

#E6E57E #7EE6B1 #7E7FE6 #E67EB3

split-complementary

#E6E57E #7EB3E6 #B17EE6

monochromatic

#C4C226 #DCDB4B #E6E57E #F0EFB1 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E6E57E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#E6E57E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E57E

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E57E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E57E	1.00	1.32	15.87	15.87
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DE75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e57e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 229, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.126 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eda5',
    500: '#e6e57e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e57e;
$custom-light: #f0eda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e57e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.423,
    "s": 67.532,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9012,
    "c": 0.12602,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E57E

secondary

#4A4BBE

accent

#18CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E57E

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

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