#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
RGBrgb(230, 232, 89)
HSLhsl(61, 76%, 63%)
HSVhsv(61, 62%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0.9%, 0%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(89.51, -18.17, 67.03)
CIE-LCHlch(89.51, 69.45, 105.17°)
OKLaboklab(90.33% -0.0555 0.1524)
OKLCHoklch(90.33% 0.162 110)
XYZxyz(63.2948, 75.2592, 20.6415)
Luminance0.7526 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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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
##E6E8591.001.3116.0516.05
#FFFFFF1.311.0021.0021.00
#00000016.0521.001.001.00
##00000016.0521.001.001.00

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

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#E6E859 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva