#E6C951#E6C951

#E6C951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.141 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C951
RGB	rgb(230, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.40, -3.14, 61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.40, 61.79, 92.91°)
OKLab	oklab(83.86% -0.0136 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(83.86% 0.141 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.0075, 59.1931, 16.3110)
Luminance	0.5919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C951 #516EE6

analogous

#E67E51 #E6C951 #B8E651

triadic

#E6C951 #51E6C9 #C951E6

tetradic

#E6C951 #51E67E #516EE6 #E651B8

square

#E6C951 #51E67E #516EE6 #E651B8

split-complementary

#E6C951 #51B8E6 #7E51E6

monochromatic

#A58918 #DAB61F #E6C951 #EEDA87 #F5EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E6C951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#E6C951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C951

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C951	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.141 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d987',
    500: '#e6c951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c951;
$custom-light: #f1d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.322,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83862,
    "c": 0.14064,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C951

secondary

#344BA7

accent

#36D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C951

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

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