#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
RGBrgb(230, 210, 81)
HSLhsl(52, 75%, 61%)
HSVhsv(52, 65%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8.7%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(83.71, -7.73, 64.16)
CIE-LCHlch(83.71, 64.62, 96.87°)
OKLaboklab(85.7% -0.0267 0.1452)
OKLCHoklch(85.7% 0.148 100.4)
XYZxyz(57.1673, 63.5127, 17.0309)
Luminance0.6351 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E6D2511.001.5313.7013.70
#FFFFFF1.531.0021.0021.00
#00000013.7021.001.001.00
##00000013.7021.001.001.00

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

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#E6D251 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva