#E6CE51#E6CE51

#E6CE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.144 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CE51
RGB	rgb(230, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.68, -5.70, 63.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.68, 63.33, 95.16°)
OKLab	oklab(84.88% -0.0209 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(84.88% 0.144 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.1921, 61.5623, 16.7059)
Luminance	0.6156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CE51 #5169E6

analogous

#E68351 #E6CE51 #B3E651

triadic

#E6CE51 #51E6CE #CE51E6

tetradic

#E6CE51 #51E683 #5169E6 #E651B3

square

#E6CE51 #51E683 #5169E6 #E651B3

split-complementary

#E6CE51 #51B3E6 #8351E6

monochromatic

#A58E18 #DABC1F #E6CE51 #EEDD87 #F5ECBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E6CE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#E6CE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CE51

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CE51	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ce51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.144 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dc87',
    500: '#e6ce51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ce51;
$custom-light: #f1dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ce51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.336,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84877,
    "c": 0.1444,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CE51

secondary

#3447A7

accent

#2FD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CE51

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

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