#E6E957#E6E957

#E6E957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.165 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E957
RGB	rgb(230, 233, 87)
HSL	hsl(61, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.76, -18.78, 68.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.76, 70.64, 105.42°)
OKLab	oklab(90.53% -0.0574 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(90.53% 0.165 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.4943, 75.7906, 20.2993)
Luminance	0.7579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E957 #5A57E9

analogous

#E9A357 #E6E957 #9DE957

triadic

#E6E957 #57E6E9 #E957E6

tetradic

#E6E957 #57E9A3 #5A57E9 #E9579D

square

#E6E957 #57E9A3 #5A57E9 #E9579D

split-complementary

#E6E957 #579DE9 #A357E9

monochromatic

#ACAF17 #DEE221 #E6E957 #EEF08D #F6F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E6E957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#E6E957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E957

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E957	1.00	1.30	16.16	16.16
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 233, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.165 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ef8d',
    500: '#e6e957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e957;
$custom-light: #f1ef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.233,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90527,
    "c": 0.16472,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E957

secondary

#3735AF

accent

#0CD911

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E957

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

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