#E6DD5D#E6DD5D

#E6DD5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.148 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DD5D
RGB	rgb(230, 221, 93)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 59.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.67, -12.50, 62.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.67, 63.53, 101.35°)
OKLab	oklab(88.07% -0.039 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(88.07% 0.148 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.4674, 69.3282, 20.5503)
Luminance	0.6933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DD5D #5D66E6

analogous

#E6985D #E6DD5D #ABE65D

triadic

#E6DD5D #5DE6DD #DD5DE6

tetradic

#E6DD5D #5DE698 #5D66E6 #E65DAB

square

#E6DD5D #5DE698 #5D66E6 #E65DAB

split-complementary

#E6DD5D #5DABE6 #985DE6

monochromatic

#AEA41B #DED228 #E6DD5D #EEE892 #F6F3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E6DD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#E6DD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DD5D

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DD5D	1.00	1.41	14.87	14.87
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dd5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 221, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.148 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e790',
    500: '#e6dd5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dd5d;
$custom-light: #f1e790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dd5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 73.262,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88074,
    "c": 0.14813,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DD5D

secondary

#3840AF

accent

#1DD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DD5D

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

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