#E6D055#E6D055

#E6D055 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.143 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D055
RGB	rgb(230, 208, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.23, -6.48, 61.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.23, 62.31, 95.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.32% -0.0227 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(85.32% 0.143 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.8311, 62.5931, 17.6807)
Luminance	0.6259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D055 #556BE6

analogous

#E68855 #E6D055 #B3E655

triadic

#E6D055 #55E6D0 #D055E6

tetradic

#E6D055 #55E688 #556BE6 #E655B3

square

#E6D055 #55E688 #556BE6 #E655B3

split-complementary

#E6D055 #55B3E6 #8855E6

monochromatic

#A89219 #DDC121 #E6D055 #EEDF8A #F6EEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E6D055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#E6D055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D055

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D055	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 208, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.143 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1de8a',
    500: '#e6d055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d055;
$custom-light: #f1de8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.897,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85322,
    "c": 0.14295,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D055

secondary

#3647AA

accent

#2DD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D055

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

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