#E6DD4E#E6DD4E

#E6DD4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.159 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DD4E
RGB	rgb(230, 221, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 66.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.55, -13.41, 68.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.55, 69.60, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(87.94% -0.0432 0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(87.94% 0.159 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.8670, 69.0881, 17.3881)
Luminance	0.6909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DD4E #4E57E6

analogous

#E6914E #E6DD4E #A3E64E

triadic

#E6DD4E #4EE6DD #DD4EE6

tetradic

#E6DD4E #4EE691 #4E57E6 #E64EA3

square

#E6DD4E #4EE691 #4E57E6 #E64EA3

split-complementary

#E6DD4E #4EA3E6 #914EE6

monochromatic

#A39A17 #D8CD1F #E6DD4E #EEE784 #F5F2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E6DD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#E6DD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DD4E

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DD4E	1.00	1.42	14.82	14.82
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD53A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 221, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.159 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e787',
    500: '#e6dd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dd4e;
$custom-light: #f1e787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.447,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87942,
    "c": 0.15942,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DD4E

secondary

#333AA5

accent

#1AD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DD4E

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

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