#E6CB51#E6CB51

#E6CB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.142 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CB51
RGB	rgb(230, 203, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.91, -4.17, 62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.91, 62.39, 93.83°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% -0.0166 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.142 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.4768, 60.1317, 16.4674)
Luminance	0.6013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CB51 #516CE6

analogous

#E68151 #E6CB51 #B6E651

triadic

#E6CB51 #51E6CB #CB51E6

tetradic

#E6CB51 #51E681 #516CE6 #E651B6

square

#E6CB51 #51E681 #516CE6 #E651B6

split-complementary

#E6CB51 #51B6E6 #8151E6

monochromatic

#A58B18 #DAB91F #E6CB51 #EEDB87 #F5EBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E6CB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#E6CB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CB51

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CB51	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 203, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.142 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1da87',
    500: '#e6cb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cb51;
$custom-light: #f1da87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.128,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84267,
    "c": 0.14211,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CB51

secondary

#3449A7

accent

#33D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CB51

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

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