#E6D251#E6D251

#E6D251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.148 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D251
RGB	rgb(230, 210, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.71, -7.73, 64.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.71, 64.62, 96.87°)
OKLab	oklab(85.7% -0.0267 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(85.7% 0.148 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.1673, 63.5127, 17.0309)
Luminance	0.6351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D251 #5165E6

analogous

#E68751 #E6D251 #AFE651

triadic

#E6D251 #51E6D2 #D251E6

tetradic

#E6D251 #51E687 #5165E6 #E651AF

square

#E6D251 #51E687 #5165E6 #E651AF

split-complementary

#E6D251 #51AFE6 #8751E6

monochromatic

#A59218 #DAC11F #E6D251 #EEE087 #F5EEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E6D251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#E6D251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D251

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D251	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 210, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.148 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1df88',
    500: '#e6d251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d251;
$custom-light: #f1df88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.946,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85695,
    "c": 0.14761,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D251

secondary

#3444A7

accent

#29D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D251

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

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