#E6DD4B#E6DD4B

#E6DD4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.161 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DD4B
RGB	rgb(230, 221, 75)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 67.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.53, -13.58, 69.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.53, 70.74, 101.06°)
OKLab	oklab(87.92% -0.044 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(87.92% 0.161 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.7619, 69.0460, 16.8345)
Luminance	0.6904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DD4B #4B54E6

analogous

#E68F4B #E6DD4B #A2E64B

triadic

#E6DD4B #4BE6DD #DD4BE6

tetradic

#E6DD4B #4BE68F #4B54E6 #E64BA2

square

#E6DD4B #4BE68F #4B54E6 #E64BA2

split-complementary

#E6DD4B #4BA2E6 #8F4BE6

monochromatic

#A09816 #D6CB1E #E6DD4B #EDE781 #F5F1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E6DD4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#E6DD4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DD4B

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DD4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DD4B	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)

#EFD535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dd4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 221, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.161 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e785',
    500: '#e6dd4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dd4b;
$custom-light: #f1e785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dd4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.516,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87919,
    "c": 0.16145,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DD4B

secondary

#3239A3

accent

#41F236

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DD4B

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

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