#E6DE56#E6DE56

#E6DE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.155 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DE56
RGB	rgb(230, 222, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.87, -13.45, 65.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.87, 66.81, 101.61°)
OKLab	oklab(88.22% -0.0424 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(88.22% 0.155 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.4363, 69.7395, 19.0798)
Luminance	0.6974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DE56 #565EE6

analogous

#E69656 #E6DE56 #A6E656

triadic

#E6DE56 #56E6DE #DE56E6

tetradic

#E6DE56 #56E696 #565EE6 #E656A6

square

#E6DE56 #56E696 #565EE6 #E656A6

split-complementary

#E6DE56 #56A6E6 #9656E6

monochromatic

#A9A119 #DED321 #E6DE56 #EEE88B #F6F3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E6DE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#E6DE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DE56

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DE56	1.00	1.40	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6de56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 222, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.155 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e88c',
    500: '#e6de56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6de56;
$custom-light: #f1e88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6de56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88217,
    "c": 0.15457,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DE56

secondary

#363CAA

accent

#1AD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DE56

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

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