#E6DD57#E6DD57

#E6DD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.153 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DD57
RGB	rgb(230, 221, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.62, -12.89, 64.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.62, 66.03, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(88.02% -0.0408 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(88.02% 0.153 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.2120, 69.2261, 19.2052)
Luminance	0.6922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DD57 #5760E6

analogous

#E69657 #E6DD57 #A7E657

triadic

#E6DD57 #57E6DD #DD57E6

tetradic

#E6DD57 #57E696 #5760E6 #E657A7

square

#E6DD57 #57E696 #5760E6 #E657A7

split-complementary

#E6DD57 #57A7E6 #9657E6

monochromatic

#A9A019 #DED222 #E6DD57 #EEE88C #F6F3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E6DD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.84

#E6DD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DD57

14.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DD57	1.00	1.41	14.84	14.84
#FFFFFF	1.41	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)

#EFD547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 221, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.153 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e78c',
    500: '#e6dd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dd57;
$custom-light: #f1e78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.224,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88018,
    "c": 0.15286,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DD57

secondary

#363EAB

accent

#1CD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DD57

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

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