#E6C251#E6C251

#E6C251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.136 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C251
RGB	rgb(230, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, 0.47, 59.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 59.80, 89.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.45% -0.0032 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(82.45% 0.136 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.4128, 56.0036, 15.7794)
Luminance	0.5600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C251 #5175E6

analogous

#E67751 #E6C251 #C0E651

triadic

#E6C251 #51E6C2 #C251E6

tetradic

#E6C251 #51E677 #5175E6 #E651C0

square

#E6C251 #51E677 #5175E6 #E651C0

split-complementary

#E6C251 #51C0E6 #7751E6

monochromatic

#A58318 #DAAD1F #E6C251 #EED587 #F5E8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E6C251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#E6C251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C251

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C251	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.136 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d487',
    500: '#e6c251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c251;
$custom-light: #f2d487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.503,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82454,
    "c": 0.13598,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C251

secondary

#3450A7

accent

#3FD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C251

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

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