#E6CC55#E6CC55

#E6CC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.140 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CC55
RGB	rgb(230, 204, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.20, -4.44, 60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.20, 61.02, 94.17°)
OKLab	oklab(84.51% -0.0169 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(84.51% 0.14 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.8681, 60.6673, 17.3598)
Luminance	0.6067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CC55 #556FE6

analogous

#E68455 #E6CC55 #B8E655

triadic

#E6CC55 #55E6CC #CC55E6

tetradic

#E6CC55 #55E684 #556FE6 #E655B8

square

#E6CC55 #55E684 #556FE6 #E655B8

split-complementary

#E6CC55 #55B8E6 #8455E6

monochromatic

#A88E19 #DDBB21 #E6CC55 #EEDC8A #F6ECC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E6CC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#E6CC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CC55

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CC55	1.00	1.60	13.13	13.13
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 204, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.140 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1db8a',
    500: '#e6cc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cc55;
$custom-light: #f1db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.241,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84507,
    "c": 0.1398,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CC55

secondary

#364AAA

accent

#33D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CC55

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

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