#E6D455#E6D455

#E6D455 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.146 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D455
RGB	rgb(230, 212, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.26, -8.50, 63.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.26, 63.65, 97.68°)
OKLab	oklab(86.14% -0.0285 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(86.14% 0.146 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.8186, 64.5682, 18.0099)
Luminance	0.6457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D455 #5567E6

analogous

#E68C55 #E6D455 #AFE655

triadic

#E6D455 #55E6D4 #D455E6

tetradic

#E6D455 #55E68C #5567E6 #E655AF

square

#E6D455 #55E68C #5567E6 #E655AF

split-complementary

#E6D455 #55AFE6 #8C55E6

monochromatic

#A89619 #DDC621 #E6D455 #EEE18A #F6EFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E6D455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#E6D455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D455

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D455	1.00	1.51	13.91	13.91
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 212, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.146 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e08a',
    500: '#e6d455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d455;
$custom-light: #f1e08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.552,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86141,
    "c": 0.14629,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D455

secondary

#3644AA

accent

#28D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D455

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

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