#E6E657#E6E657

#E6E657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.162 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E657
RGB	rgb(230, 230, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.97, -17.32, 67.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.97, 69.46, 104.44°)
OKLab	oklab(89.9% -0.0533 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(89.9% 0.162 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.6522, 74.1065, 20.0186)
Luminance	0.7410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E657 #5757E6

analogous

#E69F57 #E6E657 #9FE657

triadic

#E6E657 #57E6E6 #E657E6

tetradic

#E6E657 #57E69F #5757E6 #E6579F

square

#E6E657 #57E69F #5757E6 #E6579F

split-complementary

#E6E657 #579FE6 #9F57E6

monochromatic

#A9A919 #DEDE22 #E6E657 #EEEE8C #F6F6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E6E657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82

#E6E657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E657

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E657	1.00	1.33	15.82	15.82
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 230, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.162 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed8d',
    500: '#e6e657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e657;
$custom-light: #f1ed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89897,
    "c": 0.16166,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E657

secondary

#3636AB

accent

#0FD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E657

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

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