#E6D55B#E6D55B

#E6D55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.142 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D55B
RGB	rgb(230, 213, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 60.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.57, -8.62, 60.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.57, 61.46, 98.07°)
OKLab	oklab(86.4% -0.0282 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(86.4% 0.142 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.3179, 65.1692, 19.4025)
Luminance	0.6517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D55B #5B6CE6

analogous

#E68F5B #E6D55B #B1E65B

triadic

#E6D55B #5BE6D5 #D55BE6

tetradic

#E6D55B #5BE68F #5B6CE6 #E65BB1

square

#E6D55B #5BE68F #5B6CE6 #E65BB1

split-complementary

#E6D55B #5BB1E6 #8F5BE6

monochromatic

#AC9A1A #DEC726 #E6D55B #EEE390 #F6F0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E6D55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#E6D55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D55B

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D55B	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 213, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.142 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e18e',
    500: '#e6d55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d55b;
$custom-light: #f1e18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.662,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86404,
    "c": 0.1424,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D55B

secondary

#3846AE

accent

#28D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D55B

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

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