#E6DD59#E6DD59

#E6DD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.151 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E6DD59
RGBrgb(230, 221, 89)
HSLhsl(56, 74%, 63%)
HSVhsv(56, 61%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.9%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(86.63, -12.76, 63.95)
CIE-LCHlch(86.63, 65.21, 101.29°)
OKLaboklab(88.04% -0.0402 0.1459)
OKLCHoklch(88.04% 0.151 105.4)
XYZxyz(60.2949, 69.2592, 19.6415)
Luminance0.6926 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E6DD59 #5962E6
analogous
#E69659 #E6DD59 #A9E659
triadic
#E6DD59 #59E6DD #DD59E6
tetradic
#E6DD59 #59E696 #5962E6 #E659A9
square
#E6DD59 #59E696 #5962E6 #E659A9
split-complementary
#E6DD59 #59A9E6 #9659E6
monochromatic
#ABA21A #DED224 #E6DD59 #EEE88E #F6F3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41
#E6DD59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85
#E6DD59 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DD59
14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E6DD59#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E6DD591.001.4114.8514.85
#FFFFFF1.411.0021.0021.00
#00000014.8521.001.001.00
##00000014.8521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#EFD649
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F2DC61
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6CFC1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e6dd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.151 105.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e78d',
    500: '#e6dd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e6dd59;
$custom-light: #f1e78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e6dd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88036,
    "c": 0.15131,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E6DD59
secondary
#373EAC
accent
#1CD610
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DD59

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#E6DD59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva