#E6EC55#E6EC55

#E6EC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.169 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6EC55
RGB	rgb(230, 236, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 64%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.54, -20.35, 69.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.54, 72.61, 106.28°)
OKLab	oklab(91.14% -0.062 0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(91.14% 0.169 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.2702, 77.4713, 20.1604)
Luminance	0.7747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6EC55 #5B55EC

analogous

#ECA655 #E6EC55 #9AEC55

triadic

#E6EC55 #55E6EC #EC55E6

tetradic

#E6EC55 #55ECA6 #5B55EC #EC559A

square

#E6EC55 #55ECA6 #5B55EC #EC559A

split-complementary

#E6EC55 #559AEC #A655EC

monochromatic

#ACB314 #DEE61E #E6EC55 #EEF28C #F6F8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E6EC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.49

#E6EC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6EC55

16.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6EC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6EC55	1.00	1.27	16.49	16.49
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ec55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 236, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.169 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f18c',
    500: '#e6ec55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ec55;
$custom-light: #f1f18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ec55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.384,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91142,
    "c": 0.16924,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6EC55

secondary

#3833B3

accent

#09DC12

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6EC55

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

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