#E6C751#E6C751

#E6C751 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.139 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C751
RGB	rgb(230, 199, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.89, -2.11, 61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.89, 61.20, 91.98°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.0107 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.139 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.5443, 58.2668, 16.1566)
Luminance	0.5826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C751 #5170E6

analogous

#E67C51 #E6C751 #BAE651

triadic

#E6C751 #51E6C7 #C751E6

tetradic

#E6C751 #51E67C #5170E6 #E651BA

square

#E6C751 #51E67C #5170E6 #E651BA

split-complementary

#E6C751 #51BAE6 #7C51E6

monochromatic

#A58818 #DAB41F #E6C751 #EED887 #F5E9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E6C751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#E6C751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C751

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C751	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 199, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.139 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d787',
    500: '#e6c751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c751;
$custom-light: #f1d787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.517,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83458,
    "c": 0.13924,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C751

secondary

#344CA7

accent

#38D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C751

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

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