#E6D555#E6D555

#E6D555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.147 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D555
RGB	rgb(230, 213, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.52, -9.01, 63.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.52, 63.99, 98.09°)
OKLab	oklab(86.35% -0.0299 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(86.35% 0.147 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.0694, 65.0697, 18.0935)
Luminance	0.6507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D555 #5566E6

analogous

#E68D55 #E6D555 #AEE655

triadic

#E6D555 #55E6D5 #D555E6

tetradic

#E6D555 #55E68D #5566E6 #E655AE

square

#E6D555 #55E68D #5566E6 #E655AE

split-complementary

#E6D555 #55AEE6 #8D55E6

monochromatic

#A89719 #DDC721 #E6D555 #EEE28A #F6EFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E6D555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#E6D555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D555

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D555	1.00	1.50	14.01	14.01
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 213, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.147 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e18a',
    500: '#e6d555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d555;
$custom-light: #f1e18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.966,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86346,
    "c": 0.14714,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D555

secondary

#3643AA

accent

#26D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D555

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

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