#E6CC51#E6CC51

#E6CC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.143 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CC51
RGB	rgb(230, 204, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.17, -4.68, 62.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.17, 62.70, 94.28°)
OKLab	oklab(84.47% -0.018 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(84.47% 0.143 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.7137, 60.6055, 16.5464)
Luminance	0.6060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CC51 #516BE6

analogous

#E68151 #E6CC51 #B5E651

triadic

#E6CC51 #51E6CC #CC51E6

tetradic

#E6CC51 #51E681 #516BE6 #E651B5

square

#E6CC51 #51E681 #516BE6 #E651B5

split-complementary

#E6CC51 #51B5E6 #8151E6

monochromatic

#A58C18 #DABA1F #E6CC51 #EEDC87 #F5EBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E6CC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#E6CC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CC51

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CC51	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 204, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.143 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1db87',
    500: '#e6cc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cc51;
$custom-light: #f1db87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.53,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8447,
    "c": 0.14285,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CC51

secondary

#3448A7

accent

#31D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CC51

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

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