#E6E755#E6E755

#E6E755 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.164 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E755
RGB	rgb(230, 231, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.22, -17.93, 68.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.22, 70.63, 104.71°)
OKLab	oklab(90.09% -0.0552 0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(90.09% 0.164 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.8507, 74.6324, 19.6873)
Luminance	0.7463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E755 #5655E7

analogous

#E79F55 #E6E755 #9DE755

triadic

#E6E755 #55E6E7 #E755E6

tetradic

#E6E755 #55E79F #5655E7 #E7559D

square

#E6E755 #55E79F #5655E7 #E7559D

split-complementary

#E6E755 #559DE7 #9F55E7

monochromatic

#A9AA18 #DEDF20 #E6E755 #EEEF8B #F6F6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E6E755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.93

#E6E755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E755

15.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E755	1.00	1.32	15.93	15.93
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 231, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.164 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ee8c',
    500: '#e6e755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e755;
$custom-light: #f1ee8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.411,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90089,
    "c": 0.16413,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E755

secondary

#3635AB

accent

#0ED70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E755

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

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