#E6E055#E6E055

#E6E055 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.157 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E055
RGB	rgb(230, 224, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.38, -14.50, 66.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.38, 67.96, 102.32°)
OKLab	oklab(88.63% -0.0455 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(88.63% 0.157 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.9306, 70.7922, 19.0472)
Luminance	0.7079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E055 #555BE6

analogous

#E69855 #E6E055 #A4E655

triadic

#E6E055 #55E6E0 #E055E6

tetradic

#E6E055 #55E698 #555BE6 #E655A4

square

#E6E055 #55E698 #555BE6 #E655A4

split-complementary

#E6E055 #55A4E6 #9855E6

monochromatic

#A8A219 #DDD521 #E6E055 #EEEA8A #F6F3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E6E055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#E6E055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E055

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E055	1.00	1.39	15.16	15.16
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 224, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.157 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e98b',
    500: '#e6e055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e055;
$custom-light: #f1e98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.517,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88625,
    "c": 0.15723,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E055

secondary

#363AAA

accent

#17D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E055

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

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