#E6DC55#E6DC55

#E6DC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.153 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DC55
RGB	rgb(230, 220, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.34, -12.51, 65.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.34, 66.48, 100.85°)
OKLab	oklab(87.79% -0.0399 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(87.79% 0.153 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.8682, 68.6674, 18.6931)
Luminance	0.6866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DC55 #555FE6

analogous

#E69455 #E6DC55 #A8E655

triadic

#E6DC55 #55E6DC #DC55E6

tetradic

#E6DC55 #55E694 #555FE6 #E655A8

square

#E6DC55 #55E694 #555FE6 #E655A8

split-complementary

#E6DC55 #55A8E6 #9455E6

monochromatic

#A89E19 #DDD021 #E6DC55 #EEE78A #F6F2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E6DC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#E6DC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DC55

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DC55	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 220, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.153 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e68b',
    500: '#e6dc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dc55;
$custom-light: #f1e68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87793,
    "c": 0.15344,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DC55

secondary

#363EAA

accent

#1DD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DC55

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

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