#E6E553#E6E553

#E6E553 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.164 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E553
RGB	rgb(230, 229, 83)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 63.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.68, -17.07, 68.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.68, 70.64, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(89.65% -0.053 0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(89.65% 0.164 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.2158, 73.4880, 19.0892)
Luminance	0.7349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E553 #5354E6

analogous

#E69C53 #E6E553 #9EE653

triadic

#E6E553 #53E6E5 #E553E6

tetradic

#E6E553 #53E69C #5354E6 #E6539E

square

#E6E553 #53E69C #5354E6 #E6539E

split-complementary

#E6E553 #539EE6 #9C53E6

monochromatic

#A6A518 #DCDB20 #E6E553 #EEED88 #F6F5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E6E553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.70

#E6E553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E553

15.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E553	1.00	1.34	15.70	15.70
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 229, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.164 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed8a',
    500: '#e6e553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e553;
$custom-light: #f1ed8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.592,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89653,
    "c": 0.16357,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E553

secondary

#3536A8

accent

#10D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E553

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

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