#E6EE59#E6EE59

#E6EE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.168 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6EE59
RGB	rgb(230, 238, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.10, -21.08, 68.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.10, 71.86, 107.05°)
OKLab	oklab(91.6% -0.0637 0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(91.6% 0.168 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.0126, 78.6948, 21.2141)
Luminance	0.7869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6EE59 #6159EE

analogous

#EEAB59 #E6EE59 #9CEE59

triadic

#E6EE59 #59E6EE #EE59E6

tetradic

#E6EE59 #59EEAB #6159EE #EE599C

square

#E6EE59 #59EEAB #6159EE #EE599C

split-complementary

#E6EE59 #599CEE #AB59EE

monochromatic

#B1BA13 #DEE821 #E6EE59 #EEF491 #F7F9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E6EE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.74

#E6EE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6EE59

16.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6EE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6EE59	1.00	1.25	16.74	16.74
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5E0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ee59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 238, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.168 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f38f',
    500: '#e6ee59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ee59;
$custom-light: #f1f38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ee59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.221,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91598,
    "c": 0.16844,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6EE59

secondary

#3A33B9

accent

#08DE13

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6EE59

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

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