#E6D855#E6D855

#E6D855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.150 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D855
RGB	rgb(230, 216, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.30, -10.52, 64.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.30, 65.04, 99.30°)
OKLab	oklab(86.97% -0.0342 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(86.97% 0.15 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.8309, 66.5929, 18.3474)
Luminance	0.6659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D855 #5563E6

analogous

#E69055 #E6D855 #ACE655

triadic

#E6D855 #55E6D8 #D855E6

tetradic

#E6D855 #55E690 #5563E6 #E655AC

square

#E6D855 #55E690 #5563E6 #E655AC

split-complementary

#E6D855 #55ACE6 #9055E6

monochromatic

#A89A19 #DDCB21 #E6D855 #EEE48A #F6F0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E6D855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#E6D855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D855

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D855	1.00	1.47	14.32	14.32
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 216, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.150 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e38b',
    500: '#e6d855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d855;
$custom-light: #f1e38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.207,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86965,
    "c": 0.14979,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D855

secondary

#3641AA

accent

#22D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D855

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

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