#E6C551#E6C551

#E6C551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.138 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C551
RGB	rgb(230, 197, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, -1.08, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 60.63, 91.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.06% -0.0077 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(83.06% 0.138 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.0872, 57.3525, 16.0042)
Luminance	0.5735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C551 #5172E6

analogous

#E67A51 #E6C551 #BDE651

triadic

#E6C551 #51E6C5 #C551E6

tetradic

#E6C551 #51E67A #5172E6 #E651BD

square

#E6C551 #51E67A #5172E6 #E651BD

split-complementary

#E6C551 #51BDE6 #7A51E6

monochromatic

#A58618 #DAB11F #E6C551 #EED787 #F5E9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E6C551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#E6C551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C551

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C551	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 197, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.138 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d687',
    500: '#e6c551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c551;
$custom-light: #f1d687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.711,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83055,
    "c": 0.13789,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C551

secondary

#344EA7

accent

#3BD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C551

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

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