#E6DD50#E6DD50

#E6DD50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.158 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DD50
RGB	rgb(230, 221, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 65.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.56, -13.30, 67.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.56, 68.83, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(87.96% -0.0427 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(87.96% 0.158 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.9398, 69.1172, 17.7714)
Luminance	0.6912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DD50 #5059E6

analogous

#E69250 #E6DD50 #A4E650

triadic

#E6DD50 #50E6DD #DD50E6

tetradic

#E6DD50 #50E692 #5059E6 #E650A4

square

#E6DD50 #50E692 #5059E6 #E650A4

split-complementary

#E6DD50 #50A4E6 #9250E6

monochromatic

#A49C17 #DACF1F #E6DD50 #EEE786 #F5F2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E6DD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#E6DD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DD50

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DD50	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)

#EFD53D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 221, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.158 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e788',
    500: '#e6dd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dd50;
$custom-light: #f1e788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.4,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87958,
    "c": 0.15802,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DD50

secondary

#343BA6

accent

#1AD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DD50

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

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