#E6DD4F#E6DD4F

#E6DD4F 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	#E6DD4F
RGB	rgb(230, 221, 79)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 65.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.55, -13.36, 67.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.55, 69.22, 101.13°)
OKLab	oklab(87.95% -0.0429 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(87.95% 0.159 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.9031, 69.1025, 17.5783)
Luminance	0.6910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DD4F #4F58E6

analogous

#E6914F #E6DD4F #A3E64F

triadic

#E6DD4F #4FE6DD #DD4FE6

tetradic

#E6DD4F #4FE691 #4F58E6 #E64FA3

square

#E6DD4F #4FE691 #4F58E6 #E64FA3

split-complementary

#E6DD4F #4FA3E6 #914FE6

monochromatic

#A39B17 #D9CE1F #E6DD4F #EEE785 #F5F2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E6DD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#E6DD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DD4F

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DD4F	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)

#EFD53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dd4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 221, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.159 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e787',
    500: '#e6dd4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dd4f;
$custom-light: #f1e787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dd4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.424,
    "s": 75.124,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8795,
    "c": 0.15872,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DD4F

secondary

#333AA6

accent

#1AD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DD4F

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

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