#E6DD5B#E6DD5B

#E6DD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.150 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DD5B
RGB	rgb(230, 221, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 60.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.65, -12.63, 63.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.65, 64.37, 101.32°)
OKLab	oklab(88.06% -0.0396 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(88.06% 0.15 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.3800, 69.2933, 20.0899)
Luminance	0.6929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DD5B #5B64E6

analogous

#E6975B #E6DD5B #A9E65B

triadic

#E6DD5B #5BE6DD #DD5BE6

tetradic

#E6DD5B #5BE697 #5B64E6 #E65BA9

square

#E6DD5B #5BE697 #5B64E6 #E65BA9

split-complementary

#E6DD5B #5BA9E6 #975BE6

monochromatic

#ACA31A #DED226 #E6DD5B #EEE890 #F6F3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E6DD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#E6DD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DD5B

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DD5B	1.00	1.41	14.86	14.86
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 221, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.150 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e78e',
    500: '#e6dd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dd5b;
$custom-light: #f1e78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.115,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88055,
    "c": 0.14974,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DD5B

secondary

#383FAE

accent

#1DD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DD5B

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

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