#E6DD45#E6DD45

#E6DD45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.165 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DD45
RGB	rgb(230, 221, 69)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.49, -13.88, 71.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.49, 72.93, 100.97°)
OKLab	oklab(87.88% -0.0454 0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(87.88% 0.165 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.5661, 68.9677, 15.8035)
Luminance	0.6897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DD45 #454EE6

analogous

#E68C45 #E6DD45 #9EE645

triadic

#E6DD45 #45E6DD #DD45E6

tetradic

#E6DD45 #45E68C #454EE6 #E6459E

square

#E6DD45 #45E68C #454EE6 #E6459E

split-complementary

#E6DD45 #459EE6 #8C45E6

monochromatic

#9C9415 #D2C71C #E6DD45 #EDE77B #F5F1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E6DD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#E6DD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DD45

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DD45	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)

#F0D52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 221, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.165 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e782',
    500: '#e6dd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dd45;
$custom-light: #f2e782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.646,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87875,
    "c": 0.16529,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DD45

secondary

#30369F

accent

#40F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DD45

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

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