#E6E55C#E6E55C

#E6E55C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.157 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E55C
RGB	rgb(230, 229, 92)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 60%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.75, -16.52, 64.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.75, 67.04, 104.26°)
OKLab	oklab(89.73% -0.0505 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(89.73% 0.157 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.5861, 73.6361, 21.0395)
Luminance	0.7363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E55C #5C5DE6

analogous

#E6A05C #E6E55C #A2E65C

triadic

#E6E55C #5CE6E5 #E55CE6

tetradic

#E6E55C #5CE6A0 #5C5DE6 #E65CA2

square

#E6E55C #5CE6A0 #5C5DE6 #E65CA2

split-complementary

#E6E55C #5CA2E6 #A05CE6

monochromatic

#ADAC1B #DEDD27 #E6E55C #EEED91 #F6F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E6E55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#E6E55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E55C

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E55C	1.00	1.34	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 229, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.157 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed90',
    500: '#e6e55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e55c;
$custom-light: #f1ed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.565,
    "s": 73.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89732,
    "c": 0.15684,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E55C

secondary

#3839AE

accent

#11D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E55C

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

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