#E6ED57#E6ED57
#E6ED57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.169 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6ED57 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 237, 87) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 81%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 63%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(3%, 0%, 63.3%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(90.82, -20.72, 69.20) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(90.82, 72.24, 106.67°) |
| OKLab | oklab(91.37% -0.0629 0.1567) |
| OKLCH | oklch(91.37% 0.169 111.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(64.6395, 78.0810, 20.6810) |
| Luminance | 0.7808 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 3.20
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 4.10
Canary
#FDFF63
ΔE00 4.11
Pastel Yellow
#FFFE71
ΔE00 4.29
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 4.33
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 4.41
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6ED57 #5E57ED
analogous
#EDA957 #E6ED57 #9BED57
triadic
#E6ED57 #57E6ED #ED57E6
tetradic
#E6ED57 #57EDA9 #5E57ED #ED579B
square
#E6ED57 #57EDA9 #5E57ED #ED579B
split-complementary
#E6ED57 #579BED #A957ED
monochromatic
#AFB614 #DEE720 #E6ED57 #EEF38E #F6F9C6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.26
#E6ED57 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.62
#E6ED57 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6ED57
16.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6ED57 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6ED57 | 1.00 | 1.26 | 16.62 | 16.62 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.26 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 16.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 16.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FEE343
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFE761
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5DFCE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E5E5E5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6ed57; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 237, 87); /* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.169 111.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1f28d',
500: '#e6ed57',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6ed57; $custom-light: #f1f28d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6ed57",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 237,
"b": 87
},
"hsl": {
"h": 62.8,
"s": 80.645,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.9137,
"c": 0.16885,
"h": 111.9
},
"luminance": 0.78079
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6ED57
secondary
#3933B6
accent
#09DD12
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF4
border
#D7D6CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85857F