#E6E556#E6E556

#E6E556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.161 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E556
RGB	rgb(230, 229, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.70, -16.89, 67.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.70, 69.47, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(89.68% -0.0522 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(89.68% 0.161 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.3342, 73.5353, 19.7125)
Luminance	0.7353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E556 #5657E6

analogous

#E69D56 #E6E556 #9FE656

triadic

#E6E556 #56E6E5 #E556E6

tetradic

#E6E556 #56E69D #5657E6 #E6569F

square

#E6E556 #56E69D #5657E6 #E6569F

split-complementary

#E6E556 #569FE6 #9D56E6

monochromatic

#A9A819 #DEDD21 #E6E556 #EEED8B #F6F5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E6E556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.71

#E6E556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E556

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E556	1.00	1.34	15.71	15.71
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 229, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.161 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed8c',
    500: '#e6e556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e556;
$custom-light: #f1ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.583,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89678,
    "c": 0.16139,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E556

secondary

#3637AA

accent

#11D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E556

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

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