#E6DD52#E6DD52

#E6DD52 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	#E6DD52
RGB	rgb(230, 221, 82)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 64.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.58, -13.19, 66.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.58, 68.04, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(87.98% -0.0421 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(87.98% 0.157 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.0148, 69.1472, 18.1664)
Luminance	0.6915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DD52 #525BE6

analogous

#E69352 #E6DD52 #A5E652

triadic

#E6DD52 #52E6DD #DD52E6

tetradic

#E6DD52 #52E693 #525BE6 #E652A5

square

#E6DD52 #52E693 #525BE6 #E652A5

split-complementary

#E6DD52 #52A5E6 #9352E6

monochromatic

#A69D18 #DBD020 #E6DD52 #EEE887 #F5F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E6DD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#E6DD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DD52

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DD52	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)

#EFD540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 221, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.157 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e789',
    500: '#e6dd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dd52;
$custom-light: #f1e789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.351,
    "s": 74.747,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87975,
    "c": 0.15659,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DD52

secondary

#343BA8

accent

#1BD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DD52

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

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