#E6E857#E6E857

#E6E857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.164 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E857
RGB	rgb(230, 232, 87)
HSL	hsl(61, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.50, -18.30, 67.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.50, 70.24, 105.10°)
OKLab	oklab(90.32% -0.0561 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(90.32% 0.164 110)
XYZ	xyz(63.2120, 75.2260, 20.2052)
Luminance	0.7522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E857 #5957E8

analogous

#E8A257 #E6E857 #9DE857

triadic

#E6E857 #57E6E8 #E857E6

tetradic

#E6E857 #57E8A2 #5957E8 #E8579D

square

#E6E857 #57E8A2 #5957E8 #E8579D

split-complementary

#E6E857 #579DE8 #A257E8

monochromatic

#ABAD18 #DEE121 #E6E857 #EEEF8D #F6F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E6E857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.04

#E6E857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E857

16.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E857	1.00	1.31	16.04	16.04
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 232, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.164 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ef8d',
    500: '#e6e857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e857;
$custom-light: #f1ef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.828,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90316,
    "c": 0.16369,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.75224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E857

secondary

#3735AE

accent

#0DD810

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E857

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

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