#E6D151#E6D151

#E6D151 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.147 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D151
RGB	rgb(230, 209, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.45, -7.22, 63.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.45, 64.29, 96.45°)
OKLab	oklab(85.49% -0.0253 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(85.49% 0.147 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.9212, 63.0205, 16.9489)
Luminance	0.6302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D151 #5166E6

analogous

#E68651 #E6D151 #B0E651

triadic

#E6D151 #51E6D1 #D151E6

tetradic

#E6D151 #51E686 #5166E6 #E651B0

square

#E6D151 #51E686 #5166E6 #E651B0

split-complementary

#E6D151 #51B0E6 #8651E6

monochromatic

#A59118 #DAC01F #E6D151 #EEDF87 #F5EDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E6D151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#E6D151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D151

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D151	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 209, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.147 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1de88',
    500: '#e6d151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d151;
$custom-light: #f1de88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.544,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8549,
    "c": 0.14679,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D151

secondary

#3444A7

accent

#2BD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D151

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

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