#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
RGBrgb(230, 232, 87)
HSLhsl(61, 76%, 63%)
HSVhsv(61, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0.9%, 0%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(89.50, -18.30, 67.82)
CIE-LCHlch(89.50, 70.24, 105.10°)
OKLaboklab(90.32% -0.0561 0.1538)
OKLCHoklch(90.32% 0.164 110)
XYZxyz(63.2120, 75.2260, 20.2052)
Luminance0.7522 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E6E8571.001.3116.0416.04
#FFFFFF1.311.0021.0021.00
#00000016.0421.001.001.00
##00000016.0421.001.001.00

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

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#E6E857 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva