#E6D255#E6D255

#E6D255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.145 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E6D255
RGBrgb(230, 210, 85)
HSLhsl(52, 74%, 62%)
HSVhsv(52, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8.7%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(83.74, -7.49, 62.52)
CIE-LCHlch(83.74, 62.97, 96.83°)
OKLaboklab(85.73% -0.0256 0.1423)
OKLCHoklch(85.73% 0.145 100.2)
XYZxyz(57.3218, 63.5745, 17.8443)
Luminance0.6357 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E6D255 #5569E6
analogous
#E68A55 #E6D255 #B2E655
triadic
#E6D255 #55E6D2 #D255E6
tetradic
#E6D255 #55E68A #5569E6 #E655B2
square
#E6D255 #55E68A #5569E6 #E655B2
split-complementary
#E6D255 #55B2E6 #8A55E6
monochromatic
#A89419 #DDC321 #E6D255 #EEE08A #F6EEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53
#E6D255 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71
#E6D255 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D255
13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E6D255#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E6D2551.001.5313.7113.71
#FFFFFF1.531.0021.0021.00
#00000013.7121.001.001.00
##00000013.7121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E5CC46
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EAD45C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7C4B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e6d255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.145 100.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1df8a',
    500: '#e6d255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e6d255;
$custom-light: #f1df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e6d255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85731,
    "c": 0.14459,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E6D255
secondary
#3646AA
accent
#2BD60F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

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#E6D255 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva