#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
RGBrgb(230, 231, 89)
HSLhsl(60, 75%, 63%)
HSVhsv(60, 61%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0.4%, 0%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(89.25, -17.69, 66.75)
CIE-LCHlch(89.25, 69.05, 104.84°)
OKLaboklab(90.12% -0.0541 0.1518)
OKLCHoklch(90.12% 0.161 109.6)
XYZxyz(63.0141, 74.6978, 20.5480)
Luminance0.7470 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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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
##E6E7591.001.3215.9415.94
#FFFFFF1.321.0021.0021.00
#00000015.9421.001.001.00
##00000015.9421.001.001.00

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

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#E6E759 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva