#E6D155#E6D155

#E6D155 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.144 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D155
RGB	rgb(230, 209, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.49, -6.98, 62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.49, 62.64, 96.40°)
OKLab	oklab(85.53% -0.0242 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(85.53% 0.144 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.0757, 63.0823, 17.7623)
Luminance	0.6308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D155 #556AE6

analogous

#E68955 #E6D155 #B3E655

triadic

#E6D155 #55E6D1 #D155E6

tetradic

#E6D155 #55E689 #556AE6 #E655B3

square

#E6D155 #55E689 #556AE6 #E655B3

split-complementary

#E6D155 #55B3E6 #8955E6

monochromatic

#A89319 #DDC221 #E6D155 #EEDF8A #F6EEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E6D155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#E6D155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D155

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D155	1.00	1.54	13.62	13.62
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 209, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.144 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1de8a',
    500: '#e6d155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d155;
$custom-light: #f1de8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.31,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85526,
    "c": 0.14377,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D155

secondary

#3646AA

accent

#2CD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D155

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

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