#E4DD66#E4DD66

#E4DD66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.141 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DD66
RGB	rgb(228, 221, 102)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 55.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.59, -12.67, 58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.59, 59.57, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(88% -0.0384 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(88% 0.141 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.2515, 69.1681, 22.7447)
Luminance	0.6917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DD66 #666DE4

analogous

#E49E66 #E4DD66 #ACE466

triadic

#E4DD66 #66E4DD #DD66E4

tetradic

#E4DD66 #66E49E #666DE4 #E466AC

square

#E4DD66 #66E49E #666DE4 #E466AC

split-complementary

#E4DD66 #66ACE4 #9E66E4

monochromatic

#B0A81F #DBD132 #E4DD66 #EDE99A #F6F4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E4DD66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#E4DD66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DD66

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DD66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DD66	1.00	1.42	14.83	14.83
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED65A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dd66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 221, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.141 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe795',
    500: '#e4dd66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dd66;
$custom-light: #efe795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dd66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87999,
    "c": 0.14066,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DD66

secondary

#3D43B1

accent

#1ED214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DD66

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

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