#E6C351#E6C351

#E6C351 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.137 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C351
RGB	rgb(230, 195, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, -0.05, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 60.07, 90.04°)
OKLab	oklab(82.65% -0.0047 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(82.65% 0.137 92)
XYZ	xyz(53.6361, 56.4502, 15.8538)
Luminance	0.5645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C351 #5174E6

analogous

#E67851 #E6C351 #BEE651

triadic

#E6C351 #51E6C3 #C351E6

tetradic

#E6C351 #51E678 #5174E6 #E651BE

square

#E6C351 #51E678 #5174E6 #E651BE

split-complementary

#E6C351 #51BEE6 #7851E6

monochromatic

#A58418 #DAAE1F #E6C351 #EED587 #F5E8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E6C351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#E6C351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C351

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C351	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 195, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.137 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d487',
    500: '#e6c351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c351;
$custom-light: #f1d487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.906,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82654,
    "c": 0.1366,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.56447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C351

secondary

#344FA7

accent

#3ED70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C351

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

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