#E6DD55#E6DD55

#E6DD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.154 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DD55
RGB	rgb(230, 221, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.60, -13.01, 65.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.60, 66.84, 101.22°)
OKLab	oklab(88% -0.0413 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(88% 0.154 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.1314, 69.1939, 18.7809)
Luminance	0.6919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DD55 #555EE6

analogous

#E69555 #E6DD55 #A7E655

triadic

#E6DD55 #55E6DD #DD55E6

tetradic

#E6DD55 #55E695 #555EE6 #E655A7

square

#E6DD55 #55E695 #555EE6 #E655A7

split-complementary

#E6DD55 #55A7E6 #9555E6

monochromatic

#A89F19 #DDD221 #E6DD55 #EEE88A #F6F2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E6DD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.84

#E6DD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DD55

14.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DD55	1.00	1.42	14.84	14.84
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 221, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.154 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e78b',
    500: '#e6dd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dd55;
$custom-light: #f1e78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.276,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88,
    "c": 0.15437,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DD55

secondary

#363DAA

accent

#1BD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DD55

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

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