#E6C451#E6C451

#E6C451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.137 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C451
RGB	rgb(230, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, -0.56, 60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 60.35, 90.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.85% -0.0062 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(82.85% 0.137 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.8609, 56.8999, 15.9288)
Luminance	0.5690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C451 #5173E6

analogous

#E67951 #E6C451 #BDE651

triadic

#E6C451 #51E6C4 #C451E6

tetradic

#E6C451 #51E679 #5173E6 #E651BD

square

#E6C451 #51E679 #5173E6 #E651BD

split-complementary

#E6C451 #51BDE6 #7951E6

monochromatic

#A58518 #DAB01F #E6C451 #EED687 #F5E8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E6C451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#E6C451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C451

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C451	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.137 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d587',
    500: '#e6c451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c451;
$custom-light: #f1d587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.309,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82854,
    "c": 0.13724,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C451

secondary

#344EA7

accent

#3CD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C451

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

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