#E6D556#E6D556

#E6D556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.146 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D556
RGB	rgb(230, 213, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.53, -8.95, 62.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.53, 63.58, 98.09°)
OKLab	oklab(86.36% -0.0297 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(86.36% 0.146 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.1094, 65.0857, 18.3042)
Luminance	0.6508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D556 #5667E6

analogous

#E68D56 #E6D556 #AFE656

triadic

#E6D556 #56E6D5 #D556E6

tetradic

#E6D556 #56E68D #5667E6 #E656AF

square

#E6D556 #56E68D #5667E6 #E656AF

split-complementary

#E6D556 #56AFE6 #8D56E6

monochromatic

#A99819 #DEC821 #E6D556 #EEE28B #F6EFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E6D556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#E6D556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D556

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D556	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 213, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.146 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e18b',
    500: '#e6d556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d556;
$custom-light: #f1e18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.917,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86356,
    "c": 0.14638,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D556

secondary

#3644AA

accent

#27D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D556

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

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