#E6E355#E6E355

#E6E355 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.160 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E355
RGB	rgb(230, 227, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.17, -15.97, 67.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.17, 69.09, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(89.25% -0.0497 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(89.25% 0.16 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.7440, 72.4189, 19.3184)
Luminance	0.7242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E355 #5558E6

analogous

#E69B55 #E6E355 #A0E655

triadic

#E6E355 #55E6E3 #E355E6

tetradic

#E6E355 #55E69B #5558E6 #E655A0

square

#E6E355 #55E69B #5558E6 #E655A0

split-complementary

#E6E355 #55A0E6 #9B55E6

monochromatic

#A8A519 #DDD921 #E6E355 #EEEC8A #F6F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E6E355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#E6E355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E355

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E355	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 227, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.160 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1eb8b',
    500: '#e6e355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e355;
$custom-light: #f1eb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.759,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89251,
    "c": 0.16015,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E355

secondary

#3638AA

accent

#13D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E355

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

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