#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
RGBrgb(230, 221, 74)
HSLhsl(57, 76%, 60%)
HSVhsv(57, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.9%, 67.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(86.52, -13.63, 69.80)
CIE-LCHlch(86.52, 71.11, 101.05°)
OKLaboklab(87.91% -0.0442 0.156)
OKLCHoklch(87.91% 0.162 105.8)
XYZxyz(59.7279, 69.0325, 16.6556)
Luminance0.6903 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##E6DD4A1.001.4214.8114.81
#FFFFFF1.421.0021.0021.00
#00000014.8121.001.001.00
##00000014.8121.001.001.00

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

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#E6DD4A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva