#E6DC66#E6DC66

#E6DC66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.140 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DC66
RGB	rgb(230, 220, 102)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 55.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.49, -11.36, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.49, 59.24, 101.06°)
OKLab	oklab(87.96% -0.0348 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(87.96% 0.14 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.6265, 68.9707, 22.6869)
Luminance	0.6897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DC66 #6670E6

analogous

#E69C66 #E6DC66 #B0E666

triadic

#E6DC66 #66E6DC #DC66E6

tetradic

#E6DC66 #66E69C #6670E6 #E666B0

square

#E6DC66 #66E69C #6670E6 #E666B0

split-complementary

#E6DC66 #66B0E6 #9C66E6

monochromatic

#B4A81D #DDD031 #E6DC66 #EFE89B #F7F4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E6DC66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#E6DC66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DC66

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DC66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DC66	1.00	1.42	14.79	14.79
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD55A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dc66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 220, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.140 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e695',
    500: '#e6dc66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dc66;
$custom-light: #f0e695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dc66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.313,
    "s": 71.91,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87961,
    "c": 0.13953,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DC66

secondary

#3C45B5

accent

#21D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DC66

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

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