#E6DD72#E6DD72

#E6DD72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.129 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DD72
RGB	rgb(230, 221, 114)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(55, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 50.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.88, -10.90, 53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.88, 54.18, 101.61°)
OKLab	oklab(88.31% -0.0322 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(88.31% 0.129 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.5285, 69.7527, 26.1388)
Luminance	0.6975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DD72 #727BE6

analogous

#E6A372 #E6DD72 #B5E672

triadic

#E6DD72 #72E6DD #DD72E6

tetradic

#E6DD72 #72E6A3 #727BE6 #E672B5

square

#E6DD72 #72E6A3 #727BE6 #E672B5

split-complementary

#E6DD72 #72B5E6 #A372E6

monochromatic

#BCB021 #DDD03E #E6DD72 #EFEAA6 #F8F6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E6DD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#E6DD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DD72

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DD72	1.00	1.40	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD668

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 221, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.129 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e79d',
    500: '#e6dd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dd72;
$custom-light: #f0e79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.345,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88308,
    "c": 0.12944,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DD72

secondary

#404ABC

accent

#22D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DD72

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

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