#E6D655#E6D655

#E6D655 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.148 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D655
RGB	rgb(230, 214, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.78, -9.51, 63.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.78, 64.34, 98.50°)
OKLab	oklab(86.55% -0.0314 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(86.55% 0.148 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.3217, 65.5743, 18.1776)
Luminance	0.6557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D655 #5565E6

analogous

#E68E55 #E6D655 #AEE655

triadic

#E6D655 #55E6D6 #D655E6

tetradic

#E6D655 #55E68E #5565E6 #E655AE

square

#E6D655 #55E68E #5565E6 #E655AE

split-complementary

#E6D655 #55AEE6 #8E55E6

monochromatic

#A89819 #DDC821 #E6D655 #EEE38A #F6F0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E6D655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#E6D655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D655

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D655	1.00	1.49	14.11	14.11
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 214, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.148 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e28a',
    500: '#e6d655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d655;
$custom-light: #f1e28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.379,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86552,
    "c": 0.14801,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D655

secondary

#3642AA

accent

#25D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D655

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

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