#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
RGB	rgb(230, 228, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.43, -16.46, 67.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.43, 69.47, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(89.46% -0.0511 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(89.46% 0.161 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.0183, 72.9675, 19.4098)
Luminance	0.7297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E6E455	1.00	1.35	15.59	15.59
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E6E455

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

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