#E6CF51#E6CF51

#E6CF51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.145 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CF51
RGB	rgb(230, 207, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.94, -6.21, 63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.94, 63.64, 95.60°)
OKLab	oklab(85.08% -0.0224 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(85.08% 0.145 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.4336, 62.0453, 16.7864)
Luminance	0.6204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CF51 #5168E6

analogous

#E68451 #E6CF51 #B2E651

triadic

#E6CF51 #51E6CF #CF51E6

tetradic

#E6CF51 #51E684 #5168E6 #E651B2

square

#E6CF51 #51E684 #5168E6 #E651B2

split-complementary

#E6CF51 #51B2E6 #8451E6

monochromatic

#A58F18 #DABE1F #E6CF51 #EEDE87 #F5EDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E6CF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#E6CF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CF51

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CF51	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 207, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.145 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dd88',
    500: '#e6cf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cf51;
$custom-light: #f1dd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.738,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85081,
    "c": 0.14518,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CF51

secondary

#3446A7

accent

#2DD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CF51

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

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