#E6D55E#E6D55E

#E6D55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.140 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D55E
RGB	rgb(230, 213, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 59.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.60, -8.42, 59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.60, 60.16, 98.05°)
OKLab	oklab(86.43% -0.0273 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(86.43% 0.14 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.4499, 65.2220, 20.0978)
Luminance	0.6522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D55E #5E6FE6

analogous

#E6915E #E6D55E #B3E65E

triadic

#E6D55E #5EE6D5 #D55EE6

tetradic

#E6D55E #5EE691 #5E6FE6 #E65EB3

square

#E6D55E #5EE691 #5E6FE6 #E65EB3

split-complementary

#E6D55E #5EB3E6 #915EE6

monochromatic

#AF9C1B #DEC729 #E6D55E #EEE393 #F6F1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E6D55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#E6D55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D55E

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D55E	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 213, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.140 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e190',
    500: '#e6d55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d55e;
$custom-light: #f1e190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86434,
    "c": 0.13992,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D55E

secondary

#3948B0

accent

#29D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D55E

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

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