#E6C651#E6C651

#E6C651 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.139 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C651
RGB	rgb(230, 198, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, -1.60, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 60.91, 91.50°)
OKLab	oklab(83.26% -0.0092 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(83.26% 0.139 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.3150, 57.8081, 16.0802)
Luminance	0.5780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C651 #5171E6

analogous

#E67B51 #E6C651 #BBE651

triadic

#E6C651 #51E6C6 #C651E6

tetradic

#E6C651 #51E67B #5171E6 #E651BB

square

#E6C651 #51E67B #5171E6 #E651BB

split-complementary

#E6C651 #51BBE6 #7B51E6

monochromatic

#A58718 #DAB21F #E6C651 #EED887 #F5E9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E6C651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#E6C651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C651

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C651	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 198, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.139 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d787',
    500: '#e6c651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c651;
$custom-light: #f1d787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.114,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83256,
    "c": 0.13856,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C651

secondary

#344DA7

accent

#3AD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C651

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

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