#E6E155#E6E155

#E6E155 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.158 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E155
RGB	rgb(230, 225, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.65, -14.99, 66.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.65, 68.33, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(88.83% -0.0469 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(88.83% 0.158 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.2001, 71.3312, 19.1371)
Luminance	0.7133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E155 #555AE6

analogous

#E69955 #E6E155 #A3E655

triadic

#E6E155 #55E6E1 #E155E6

tetradic

#E6E155 #55E699 #555AE6 #E655A3

square

#E6E155 #55E699 #555AE6 #E655A3

split-complementary

#E6E155 #55A3E6 #9955E6

monochromatic

#A8A319 #DDD721 #E6E155 #EEEA8A #F6F4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E6E155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#E6E155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E155

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E155	1.00	1.38	15.27	15.27
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 225, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.158 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea8b',
    500: '#e6e155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e155;
$custom-light: #f1ea8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88833,
    "c": 0.1582,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E155

secondary

#363AAA

accent

#16D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E155

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

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