#E6E759#E6E759

#E6E759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.161 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E759
RGB	rgb(230, 231, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.25, -17.69, 66.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.25, 69.05, 104.84°)
OKLab	oklab(90.12% -0.0541 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(90.12% 0.161 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.0141, 74.6978, 20.5480)
Luminance	0.7470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E759 #5A59E7

analogous

#E7A159 #E6E759 #9FE759

triadic

#E6E759 #59E6E7 #E759E6

tetradic

#E6E759 #59E7A1 #5A59E7 #E7599F

square

#E6E759 #59E7A1 #5A59E7 #E7599F

split-complementary

#E6E759 #599FE7 #A159E7

monochromatic

#ACAD19 #DEDF24 #E6E759 #EEEF8E #F6F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E6E759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.94

#E6E759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E759

15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E759	1.00	1.32	15.94	15.94
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 231, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.161 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ee8e',
    500: '#e6e759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e759;
$custom-light: #f1ee8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.423,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90124,
    "c": 0.16118,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E759

secondary

#3736AE

accent

#0FD710

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E759

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

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