#E6E455#E6E455

#E6E455 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.161 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E6E455
RGBrgb(230, 228, 85)
HSLhsl(59, 74%, 62%)
HSVhsv(59, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.9%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(88.43, -16.46, 67.50)
CIE-LCHlch(88.43, 69.47, 103.71°)
OKLaboklab(89.46% -0.0511 0.1528)
OKLCHoklch(89.46% 0.161 108.5)
XYZxyz(62.0183, 72.9675, 19.4098)
Luminance0.7297 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E6E455 #5557E6
analogous
#E69B55 #E6E455 #A0E655
triadic
#E6E455 #55E6E4 #E455E6
tetradic
#E6E455 #55E69B #5557E6 #E655A0
square
#E6E455 #55E69B #5557E6 #E655A0
split-complementary
#E6E455 #55A0E6 #9B55E6
monochromatic
#A8A619 #DDDB21 #E6E455 #EEEC8A #F6F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35
#E6E455 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.59
#E6E455 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E455
15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E6E455#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E6E4551.001.3515.5915.59
#FFFFFF1.351.0021.0021.00
#00000015.5921.001.001.00
##00000015.5921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F6DB42
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F8E05E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6D6C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e6e455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 228, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.161 108.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ec8b',
    500: '#e6e455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e6e455;
$custom-light: #f1ec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e6e455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.172,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8946,
    "c": 0.16114,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E6E455
secondary
#3637AA
accent
#12D60F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160C
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

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#E6E455 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva