#E6DD51#E6DD51

#E6DD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.157 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DD51
RGB	rgb(230, 221, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.57, -13.25, 67.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.57, 68.44, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(87.97% -0.0424 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(87.97% 0.157 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.9770, 69.1321, 17.9675)
Luminance	0.6913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DD51 #515AE6

analogous

#E69251 #E6DD51 #A4E651

triadic

#E6DD51 #51E6DD #DD51E6

tetradic

#E6DD51 #51E692 #515AE6 #E651A4

square

#E6DD51 #51E692 #515AE6 #E651A4

split-complementary

#E6DD51 #51A4E6 #9251E6

monochromatic

#A59C18 #DACF1F #E6DD51 #EEE787 #F5F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E6DD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#E6DD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DD51

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DD51	1.00	1.42	14.83	14.83
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 221, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.157 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e789',
    500: '#e6dd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dd51;
$custom-light: #f1e789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.376,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87966,
    "c": 0.1573,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DD51

secondary

#343BA7

accent

#1BD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DD51

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

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