#E6CD51#E6CD51

#E6CD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.144 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CD51
RGB	rgb(230, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.42, -5.19, 62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.42, 63.01, 94.72°)
OKLab	oklab(84.67% -0.0195 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(84.67% 0.144 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.9521, 61.0824, 16.6259)
Luminance	0.6108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CD51 #516AE6

analogous

#E68251 #E6CD51 #B4E651

triadic

#E6CD51 #51E6CD #CD51E6

tetradic

#E6CD51 #51E682 #516AE6 #E651B4

square

#E6CD51 #51E682 #516AE6 #E651B4

split-complementary

#E6CD51 #51B4E6 #8251E6

monochromatic

#A58D18 #DABB1F #E6CD51 #EEDC87 #F5ECBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E6CD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#E6CD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CD51

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CD51	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.144 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1db87',
    500: '#e6cd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cd51;
$custom-light: #f1db87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.933,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84673,
    "c": 0.14362,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CD51

secondary

#3447A7

accent

#30D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CD51

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

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