#E6E659#E6E659

#E6E659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.160 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E659
RGB	rgb(230, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.99, -17.20, 66.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.99, 68.66, 104.51°)
OKLab	oklab(89.91% -0.0527 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(89.91% 0.16 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.7351, 74.1396, 20.4549)
Luminance	0.7414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E659 #5959E6

analogous

#E69F59 #E6E659 #9FE659

triadic

#E6E659 #59E6E6 #E659E6

tetradic

#E6E659 #59E69F #5959E6 #E6599F

square

#E6E659 #59E69F #5959E6 #E6599F

split-complementary

#E6E659 #599FE6 #9F59E6

monochromatic

#ABAB1A #DEDE24 #E6E659 #EEEE8E #F6F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E6E659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#E6E659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E659

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E659	1.00	1.33	15.83	15.83
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.160 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed8e',
    500: '#e6e659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e659;
$custom-light: #f1ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89914,
    "c": 0.16017,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E659

secondary

#3737AC

accent

#10D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E659

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

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