#E6DE4D#E6DE4D

#E6DE4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.161 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DE4D
RGB	rgb(230, 222, 77)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 66.5%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.80, -13.97, 68.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.80, 70.34, 101.45°)
OKLab	oklab(88.14% -0.0449 0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(88.14% 0.161 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.0962, 69.6035, 17.2889)
Luminance	0.6960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DE4D #4D55E6

analogous

#E6924D #E6DE4D #A1E64D

triadic

#E6DE4D #4DE6DE #DE4DE6

tetradic

#E6DE4D #4DE692 #4D55E6 #E64DA1

square

#E6DE4D #4DE692 #4D55E6 #E64DA1

split-complementary

#E6DE4D #4DA1E6 #924DE6

monochromatic

#A29B17 #D8CE1E #E6DE4D #EEE883 #F5F2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E6DE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#E6DE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DE4D

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DE4D	1.00	1.41	14.92	14.92
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6de4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 222, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.161 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e886',
    500: '#e6de4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6de4d;
$custom-light: #f1e886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6de4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.863,
    "s": 75.369,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88142,
    "c": 0.16102,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DE4D

secondary

#3339A4

accent

#19D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DE4D

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

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