#E6EE57#E6EE57

#E6EE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.170 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6EE57
RGB	rgb(230, 238, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.08, -21.20, 69.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.08, 72.64, 106.97°)
OKLab	oklab(91.58% -0.0642 0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(91.58% 0.17 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.9298, 78.6616, 20.7778)
Luminance	0.7866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6EE57 #5F57EE

analogous

#EEAA57 #E6EE57 #9AEE57

triadic

#E6EE57 #57E6EE #EE57E6

tetradic

#E6EE57 #57EEAA #5F57EE #EE579A

square

#E6EE57 #57EEAA #5F57EE #EE579A

split-complementary

#E6EE57 #579AEE #AA57EE

monochromatic

#AFB813 #DEE81F #E6EE57 #EEF48F #F7F9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E6EE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.73

#E6EE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6EE57

16.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6EE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6EE57	1.00	1.26	16.73	16.73
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5E0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ee57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 238, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.170 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f38d',
    500: '#e6ee57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ee57;
$custom-light: #f1f38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ee57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.179,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91581,
    "c": 0.1699,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6EE57

secondary

#3932B7

accent

#08DE13

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6EE57

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

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