#E6DD53#E6DD53

#E6DD53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.156 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DD53
RGB	rgb(230, 221, 83)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 63.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.58, -13.13, 66.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.58, 67.65, 101.19°)
OKLab	oklab(87.98% -0.0419 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(87.98% 0.156 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.0531, 69.1625, 18.3683)
Luminance	0.6916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DD53 #535CE6

analogous

#E69453 #E6DD53 #A5E653

triadic

#E6DD53 #53E6DD #DD53E6

tetradic

#E6DD53 #53E694 #535CE6 #E653A5

square

#E6DD53 #53E694 #535CE6 #E653A5

split-complementary

#E6DD53 #53A5E6 #9453E6

monochromatic

#A69E18 #DCD020 #E6DD53 #EEE888 #F6F2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E6DD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#E6DD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DD53

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DD53	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)

#EFD541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 221, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.156 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e78a',
    500: '#e6dd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dd53;
$custom-light: #f1e78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.327,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87983,
    "c": 0.15586,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DD53

secondary

#353CA8

accent

#1BD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DD53

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

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