#E6E859#E6E859

#E6E859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.162 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E859
RGB	rgb(230, 232, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.51, -18.17, 67.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.51, 69.45, 105.17°)
OKLab	oklab(90.33% -0.0555 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(90.33% 0.162 110)
XYZ	xyz(63.2948, 75.2592, 20.6415)
Luminance	0.7526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E859 #5B59E8

analogous

#E8A259 #E6E859 #9EE859

triadic

#E6E859 #59E6E8 #E859E6

tetradic

#E6E859 #59E8A2 #5B59E8 #E8599E

square

#E6E859 #59E8A2 #5B59E8 #E8599E

split-complementary

#E6E859 #599EE8 #A259E8

monochromatic

#ACAE18 #DEE123 #E6E859 #EEEF8F #F6F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E6E859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#E6E859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E859

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E859	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 232, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.162 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ef8e',
    500: '#e6e859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e859;
$custom-light: #f1ef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.839,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90334,
    "c": 0.1622,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.75257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E859

secondary

#3836AF

accent

#0ED810

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E859

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

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