#E6D955#E6D955

#E6D955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.151 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D955
RGB	rgb(230, 217, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.56, -11.02, 64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.56, 65.40, 99.70°)
OKLab	oklab(87.17% -0.0357 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(87.17% 0.151 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.0879, 67.1068, 18.4330)
Luminance	0.6711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D955 #5562E6

analogous

#E69155 #E6D955 #AAE655

triadic

#E6D955 #55E6D9 #D955E6

tetradic

#E6D955 #55E691 #5562E6 #E655AA

square

#E6D955 #55E691 #5562E6 #E655AA

split-complementary

#E6D955 #55AAE6 #9155E6

monochromatic

#A89B19 #DDCC21 #E6D955 #EEE58A #F6F1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E6D955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#E6D955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D955

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D955	1.00	1.46	14.42	14.42
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 217, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.151 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e48b',
    500: '#e6d955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d955;
$custom-light: #f1e48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.621,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87171,
    "c": 0.15069,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D955

secondary

#3640AA

accent

#21D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D955

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

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