#E6E255#E6E255

#E6E255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.159 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E255
RGB	rgb(230, 226, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.91, -15.48, 66.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.91, 68.71, 103.02°)
OKLab	oklab(89.04% -0.0483 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(89.04% 0.159 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.4713, 71.8735, 19.2275)
Luminance	0.7187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E255 #5559E6

analogous

#E69A55 #E6E255 #A2E655

triadic

#E6E255 #55E6E2 #E255E6

tetradic

#E6E255 #55E69A #5559E6 #E655A2

square

#E6E255 #55E69A #5559E6 #E655A2

split-complementary

#E6E255 #55A2E6 #9A55E6

monochromatic

#A8A419 #DDD821 #E6E255 #EEEB8A #F6F4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E6E255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#E6E255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E255

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E255	1.00	1.37	15.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 226, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.159 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea8b',
    500: '#e6e255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e255;
$custom-light: #f1ea8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.345,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89042,
    "c": 0.15917,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E255

secondary

#3639AA

accent

#15D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E255

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

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