#E6C151#E6C151

#E6C151 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.135 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C151
RGB	rgb(230, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, 0.99, 59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 59.54, 89.05°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.0017 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.135 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.1910, 55.5600, 15.7055)
Luminance	0.5556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C151 #5176E6

analogous

#E67651 #E6C151 #C0E651

triadic

#E6C151 #51E6C1 #C151E6

tetradic

#E6C151 #51E676 #5176E6 #E651C0

square

#E6C151 #51E676 #5176E6 #E651C0

split-complementary

#E6C151 #51C0E6 #7651E6

monochromatic

#A58218 #DAAC1F #E6C151 #EED487 #F5E7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E6C151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#E6C151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C151

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C151	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.135 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d387',
    500: '#e6c151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c151;
$custom-light: #f2d387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.101,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82254,
    "c": 0.13537,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C151

secondary

#3451A7

accent

#40D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C151

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

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