#E6DD61#E6DD61

#E6DD61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.145 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DD61
RGB	rgb(230, 221, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.70, -12.22, 60.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.70, 61.82, 101.40°)
OKLab	oklab(88.12% -0.0378 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(88.12% 0.145 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.6492, 69.4010, 21.5079)
Luminance	0.6940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DD61 #616AE6

analogous

#E69B61 #E6DD61 #ADE661

triadic

#E6DD61 #61E6DD #DD61E6

tetradic

#E6DD61 #61E69B #616AE6 #E661AD

square

#E6DD61 #61E69B #616AE6 #E661AD

split-complementary

#E6DD61 #61ADE6 #9B61E6

monochromatic

#B1A71C #DED22C #E6DD61 #EEE896 #F7F4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E6DD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#E6DD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DD61

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DD61	1.00	1.41	14.88	14.88
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 221, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.145 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e792',
    500: '#e6dd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dd61;
$custom-light: #f1e792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.94,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88115,
    "c": 0.14482,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DD61

secondary

#3A42B1

accent

#1ED511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DD61

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

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