#E6CA51#E6CA51

#E6CA51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.141 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CA51
RGB	rgb(230, 202, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.65, -3.66, 61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.65, 62.09, 93.38°)
OKLab	oklab(84.06% -0.0151 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(84.06% 0.141 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.2414, 59.6609, 16.3890)
Luminance	0.5966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CA51 #516DE6

analogous

#E67F51 #E6CA51 #B7E651

triadic

#E6CA51 #51E6CA #CA51E6

tetradic

#E6CA51 #51E67F #516DE6 #E651B7

square

#E6CA51 #51E67F #516DE6 #E651B7

split-complementary

#E6CA51 #51B7E6 #7F51E6

monochromatic

#A58A18 #DAB71F #E6CA51 #EEDA87 #F5EBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E6CA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#E6CA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CA51

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CA51	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ca51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 202, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.141 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d987',
    500: '#e6ca51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ca51;
$custom-light: #f1d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ca51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.725,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84064,
    "c": 0.14137,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CA51

secondary

#344AA7

accent

#34D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CA51

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

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