#E6D051#E6D051

#E6D051 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.146 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D051
RGB	rgb(230, 208, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.20, -6.72, 63.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.20, 63.97, 96.03°)
OKLab	oklab(85.29% -0.0239 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(85.29% 0.146 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.6766, 62.5314, 16.8674)
Luminance	0.6253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D051 #5167E6

analogous

#E68551 #E6D051 #B1E651

triadic

#E6D051 #51E6D0 #D051E6

tetradic

#E6D051 #51E685 #5167E6 #E651B1

square

#E6D051 #51E685 #5167E6 #E651B1

split-complementary

#E6D051 #51B1E6 #8551E6

monochromatic

#A59018 #DABF1F #E6D051 #EEDE87 #F5EDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E6D051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#E6D051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D051

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D051	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 208, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.146 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1de88',
    500: '#e6d051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d051;
$custom-light: #f1de88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.141,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85285,
    "c": 0.14598,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D051

secondary

#3445A7

accent

#2CD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D051

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

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