#E6DD5F#E6DD5F

#E6DD5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.146 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DD5F
RGB	rgb(230, 221, 95)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 58.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.68, -12.36, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.68, 62.68, 101.38°)
OKLab	oklab(88.09% -0.0384 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(88.09% 0.146 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.5572, 69.3641, 21.0230)
Luminance	0.6936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DD5F #5F68E6

analogous

#E6995F #E6DD5F #ABE65F

triadic

#E6DD5F #5FE6DD #DD5FE6

tetradic

#E6DD5F #5FE699 #5F68E6 #E65FAB

square

#E6DD5F #5FE699 #5F68E6 #E65FAB

split-complementary

#E6DD5F #5FABE6 #995FE6

monochromatic

#AFA51B #DED22A #E6DD5F #EEE894 #F7F3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E6DD5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#E6DD5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DD5F

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DD5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DD5F	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)

#EED651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dd5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 221, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.146 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e791',
    500: '#e6dd5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dd5f;
$custom-light: #f1e791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dd5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88094,
    "c": 0.14649,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DD5F

secondary

#3941B0

accent

#1ED510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DD5F

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

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