#E6DE55#E6DE55

#E6DE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.155 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DE55
RGB	rgb(230, 222, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.86, -13.51, 65.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.86, 67.21, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(88.21% -0.0427 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(88.21% 0.155 106)
XYZ	xyz(60.3962, 69.7235, 18.8691)
Luminance	0.6972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DE55 #555DE6

analogous

#E69655 #E6DE55 #A5E655

triadic

#E6DE55 #55E6DE #DE55E6

tetradic

#E6DE55 #55E696 #555DE6 #E655A5

square

#E6DE55 #55E696 #555DE6 #E655A5

split-complementary

#E6DE55 #55A5E6 #9655E6

monochromatic

#A8A019 #DDD321 #E6DE55 #EEE88A #F6F3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E6DE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#E6DE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DE55

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DE55	1.00	1.41	14.94	14.94
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6de55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 222, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.155 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e88b',
    500: '#e6de55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6de55;
$custom-light: #f1e88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6de55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.69,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88208,
    "c": 0.15532,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.69721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DE55

secondary

#363CAA

accent

#1AD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DE55

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

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