#E6DE50#E6DE50

#E6DE50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.159 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DE50
RGB	rgb(230, 222, 80)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 65.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.82, -13.80, 67.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.82, 69.19, 101.50°)
OKLab	oklab(88.17% -0.0441 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(88.17% 0.159 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.2046, 69.6468, 17.8597)
Luminance	0.6965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DE50 #5058E6

analogous

#E69350 #E6DE50 #A3E650

triadic

#E6DE50 #50E6DE #DE50E6

tetradic

#E6DE50 #50E693 #5058E6 #E650A3

square

#E6DE50 #50E693 #5058E6 #E650A3

split-complementary

#E6DE50 #50A3E6 #9350E6

monochromatic

#A49D17 #DAD01F #E6DE50 #EEE886 #F5F2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E6DE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.93

#E6DE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DE50

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DE50	1.00	1.41	14.93	14.93
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D63D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6de50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 222, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.159 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e888',
    500: '#e6de50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6de50;
$custom-light: #f1e888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6de50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.8,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88166,
    "c": 0.15895,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DE50

secondary

#343AA6

accent

#19D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DE50

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

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