#E6E55E#E6E55E

#E6E55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.155 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E55E
RGB	rgb(230, 229, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 59.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.77, -16.38, 64.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.77, 66.22, 104.32°)
OKLab	oklab(89.75% -0.0499 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(89.75% 0.155 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.6747, 73.6715, 21.5060)
Luminance	0.7367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E55E #5E5FE6

analogous

#E6A15E #E6E55E #A3E65E

triadic

#E6E55E #5EE6E5 #E55EE6

tetradic

#E6E55E #5EE6A1 #5E5FE6 #E65EA3

square

#E6E55E #5EE6A1 #5E5FE6 #E65EA3

split-complementary

#E6E55E #5EA3E6 #A15EE6

monochromatic

#AFAD1B #DEDC29 #E6E55E #EEEE93 #F6F6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E6E55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#E6E55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E55E

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E55E	1.00	1.33	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.33	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)

#F6DC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 229, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.155 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed91',
    500: '#e6e55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e55e;
$custom-light: #f1ed91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.559,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89751,
    "c": 0.15525,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E55E

secondary

#393AB0

accent

#12D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E55E

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

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