#E6DD4A#E6DD4A

#E6DD4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.162 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DD4A
RGB	rgb(230, 221, 74)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 67.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.52, -13.63, 69.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.52, 71.11, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(87.91% -0.0442 0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(87.91% 0.162 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.7279, 69.0325, 16.6556)
Luminance	0.6903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DD4A #4A53E6

analogous

#E68F4A #E6DD4A #A1E64A

triadic

#E6DD4A #4AE6DD #DD4AE6

tetradic

#E6DD4A #4AE68F #4A53E6 #E64AA1

square

#E6DD4A #4AE68F #4A53E6 #E64AA1

split-complementary

#E6DD4A #4AA1E6 #8F4AE6

monochromatic

#A09816 #D5CB1D #E6DD4A #EDE780 #F5F1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E6DD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#E6DD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DD4A

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DD4A	1.00	1.42	14.81	14.81
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 221, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.162 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e785',
    500: '#e6dd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dd4a;
$custom-light: #f2e785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.538,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87911,
    "c": 0.16211,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DD4A

secondary

#3238A2

accent

#40F235

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DD4A

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

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