#E6E955#E6E955

#E6E955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.166 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E6E955
RGBrgb(230, 233, 85)
HSLhsl(61, 77%, 62%)
HSVhsv(61, 64%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(1.3%, 0%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(89.75, -18.90, 68.87)
CIE-LCHlch(89.75, 71.42, 105.35°)
OKLaboklab(90.51% -0.058 0.1557)
OKLCHoklch(90.51% 0.166 110.4)
XYZxyz(63.4137, 75.7583, 19.8749)
Luminance0.7576 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E6E955 #5855E9
analogous
#E9A255 #E6E955 #9CE955
triadic
#E6E955 #55E6E9 #E955E6
tetradic
#E6E955 #55E9A2 #5855E9 #E9559C
square
#E6E955 #55E9A2 #5855E9 #E9559C
split-complementary
#E6E955 #559CE9 #A255E9
monochromatic
#AAAD16 #DEE21F #E6E955 #EEF08B #F6F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30
#E6E955 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.15
#E6E955 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E955
16.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E6E955#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E6E9551.001.3016.1516.15
#FFFFFF1.301.0021.0021.00
#00000016.1521.001.001.00
##00000016.1521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#FADF41
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FCE45F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5DBCB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e6e955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 233, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.166 110.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ef8c',
    500: '#e6e955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e6e955;
$custom-light: #f1ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e6e955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.216,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9051,
    "c": 0.16616,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E6E955
secondary
#3734AE
accent
#0CD910
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF4
border
#D7D6CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85857F

Preview Lab

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#E6E955 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva