#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
RGB	rgb(230, 233, 85)
HSL	hsl(61, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.75, -18.90, 68.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.75, 71.42, 105.35°)
OKLab	oklab(90.51% -0.058 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(90.51% 0.166 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.4137, 75.7583, 19.8749)
Luminance	0.7576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E6E955	1.00	1.30	16.15	16.15
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E6E955

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

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