#E6ED56#E6ED56

#E6ED56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.170 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6ED56
RGB	rgb(230, 237, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.81, -20.78, 69.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.81, 72.62, 106.62°)
OKLab	oklab(91.36% -0.0631 0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(91.36% 0.17 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.5989, 78.0647, 20.4674)
Luminance	0.7806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6ED56 #5D56ED

analogous

#EDA856 #E6ED56 #9BED56

triadic

#E6ED56 #56E6ED #ED56E6

tetradic

#E6ED56 #56EDA8 #5D56ED #ED569B

square

#E6ED56 #56EDA8 #5D56ED #ED569B

split-complementary

#E6ED56 #569BED #A856ED

monochromatic

#AEB513 #DEE71F #E6ED56 #EEF38D #F6F9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E6ED56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.61

#E6ED56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6ED56

16.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6ED56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6ED56	1.00	1.26	16.61	16.61
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ed56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 237, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.170 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f28d',
    500: '#e6ed56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ed56;
$custom-light: #f1f28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ed56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.781,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91361,
    "c": 0.16957,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6ED56

secondary

#3832B5

accent

#08DD12

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6ED56

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

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