#E6DD5A#E6DD5A

#E6DD5A 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	#E6DD5A
RGB	rgb(230, 221, 90)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 60.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.64, -12.70, 63.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.64, 64.79, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(88.05% -0.0399 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(88.05% 0.151 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.3371, 69.2761, 19.8642)
Luminance	0.6927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DD5A #5A63E6

analogous

#E6975A #E6DD5A #A9E65A

triadic

#E6DD5A #5AE6DD #DD5AE6

tetradic

#E6DD5A #5AE697 #5A63E6 #E65AA9

square

#E6DD5A #5AE697 #5A63E6 #E65AA9

split-complementary

#E6DD5A #5AA9E6 #975AE6

monochromatic

#ACA21A #DED225 #E6DD5A #EEE88F #F6F3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E6DD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#E6DD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DD5A

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DD5A	1.00	1.41	14.85	14.85
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD64B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dd5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 221, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.151 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e78e',
    500: '#e6dd5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dd5a;
$custom-light: #f1e78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dd5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.143,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88046,
    "c": 0.15053,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DD5A

secondary

#373FAD

accent

#1CD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DD5A

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

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