#E6ED59#E6ED59

#E6ED59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.167 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6ED59
RGB	rgb(230, 237, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.83, -20.59, 68.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.83, 71.46, 106.75°)
OKLab	oklab(91.39% -0.0623 0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(91.39% 0.167 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.7223, 78.1141, 21.1174)
Luminance	0.7811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6ED59 #6059ED

analogous

#EDAA59 #E6ED59 #9CED59

triadic

#E6ED59 #59E6ED #ED59E6

tetradic

#E6ED59 #59EDAA #6059ED #ED599C

square

#E6ED59 #59EDAA #6059ED #ED599C

split-complementary

#E6ED59 #599CED #AA59ED

monochromatic

#B0B814 #DEE722 #E6ED59 #EEF390 #F7F9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E6ED59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.62

#E6ED59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6ED59

16.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6ED59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6ED59	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)

#FEE346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ed59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 237, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.167 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f28e',
    500: '#e6ed59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ed59;
$custom-light: #f1f28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ed59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.838,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91386,
    "c": 0.1674,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6ED59

secondary

#3933B7

accent

#09DD13

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6ED59

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

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