#E6CE55#E6CE55

#E6CE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.141 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CE55
RGB	rgb(230, 206, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.71, -5.46, 61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.71, 61.66, 95.08°)
OKLab	oklab(84.91% -0.0198 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(84.91% 0.141 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.3465, 61.6241, 17.5192)
Luminance	0.6162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CE55 #556DE6

analogous

#E68655 #E6CE55 #B6E655

triadic

#E6CE55 #55E6CE #CE55E6

tetradic

#E6CE55 #55E686 #556DE6 #E655B6

square

#E6CE55 #55E686 #556DE6 #E655B6

split-complementary

#E6CE55 #55B6E6 #8655E6

monochromatic

#A89019 #DDBE21 #E6CE55 #EEDD8A #F6EDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E6CE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#E6CE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CE55

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CE55	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ce55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 206, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.141 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dc8a',
    500: '#e6ce55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ce55;
$custom-light: #f1dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ce55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.069,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84914,
    "c": 0.14135,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CE55

secondary

#3649AA

accent

#30D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CE55

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

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