#E6DD62#E6DD62

#E6DD62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.144 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DD62
RGB	rgb(230, 221, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 57.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.71, -12.15, 60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.71, 61.38, 101.42°)
OKLab	oklab(88.13% -0.0375 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(88.13% 0.144 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.6962, 69.4197, 21.7550)
Luminance	0.6942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DD62 #626BE6

analogous

#E69B62 #E6DD62 #ADE662

triadic

#E6DD62 #62E6DD #DD62E6

tetradic

#E6DD62 #62E69B #626BE6 #E662AD

square

#E6DD62 #62E69B #626BE6 #E662AD

split-complementary

#E6DD62 #62ADE6 #9B62E6

monochromatic

#B1A71C #DED22D #E6DD62 #EEE897 #F7F4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E6DD62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#E6DD62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DD62

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DD62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DD62	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)

#EED655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dd62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 221, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.144 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e793',
    500: '#e6dd62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dd62;
$custom-light: #f1e793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dd62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 72.527,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88125,
    "c": 0.14397,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DD62

secondary

#3A42B2

accent

#1ED511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DD62

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

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