#E6CD55#E6CD55

#E6CD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.141 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CD55
RGB	rgb(230, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.46, -4.95, 61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.46, 61.34, 94.63°)
OKLab	oklab(84.71% -0.0183 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(84.71% 0.141 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.1066, 61.1441, 17.4392)
Luminance	0.6114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CD55 #556EE6

analogous

#E68555 #E6CD55 #B7E655

triadic

#E6CD55 #55E6CD #CD55E6

tetradic

#E6CD55 #55E685 #556EE6 #E655B7

square

#E6CD55 #55E685 #556EE6 #E655B7

split-complementary

#E6CD55 #55B7E6 #8555E6

monochromatic

#A88F19 #DDBD21 #E6CD55 #EEDD8A #F6ECC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E6CD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#E6CD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CD55

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CD55	1.00	1.59	13.23	13.23
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.141 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1db8a',
    500: '#e6cd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cd55;
$custom-light: #f1db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8471,
    "c": 0.14057,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CD55

secondary

#364AAA

accent

#31D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CD55

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

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