#E6E855#E6E855

#E6E855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.165 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E855
RGB	rgb(230, 232, 85)
HSL	hsl(61, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.48, -18.42, 68.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.48, 71.03, 105.03°)
OKLab	oklab(90.3% -0.0566 0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(90.3% 0.165 110)
XYZ	xyz(63.1314, 75.1938, 19.7808)
Luminance	0.7519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E855 #5755E8

analogous

#E8A055 #E6E855 #9DE855

triadic

#E6E855 #55E6E8 #E855E6

tetradic

#E6E855 #55E8A0 #5755E8 #E8559D

square

#E6E855 #55E8A0 #5755E8 #E8559D

split-complementary

#E6E855 #559DE8 #A055E8

monochromatic

#A9AB17 #DEE11F #E6E855 #EEEF8B #F6F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E6E855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.04

#E6E855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E855

16.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E855	1.00	1.31	16.04	16.04
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 232, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.165 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ef8c',
    500: '#e6e855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e855;
$custom-light: #f1ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.816,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.903,
    "c": 0.16514,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.75192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E855

secondary

#3635AD

accent

#0DD810

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E855

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

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