#E6DD49#E6DD49

#E6DD49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.163 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DD49
RGB	rgb(230, 221, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.51, -13.68, 70.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.51, 71.48, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(87.9% -0.0445 0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(87.9% 0.163 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.6945, 69.0191, 16.4796)
Luminance	0.6902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DD49 #4952E6

analogous

#E68F49 #E6DD49 #A0E649

triadic

#E6DD49 #49E6DD #DD49E6

tetradic

#E6DD49 #49E68F #4952E6 #E649A0

square

#E6DD49 #49E68F #4952E6 #E649A0

split-complementary

#E6DD49 #49A0E6 #8F49E6

monochromatic

#9F9716 #D5CA1D #E6DD49 #EDE77F #F5F1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E6DD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#E6DD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DD49

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DD49	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 221, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.163 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e784',
    500: '#e6dd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dd49;
$custom-light: #f2e784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.561,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87904,
    "c": 0.16277,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DD49

secondary

#3238A2

accent

#40F235

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DD49

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

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