#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
RGB	rgb(230, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.74, -7.49, 62.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.74, 62.97, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(85.73% -0.0256 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(85.73% 0.145 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.3218, 63.5745, 17.8443)
Luminance	0.6357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##E6D255	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E6D255

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

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