#E6D361#E6D361

#E6D361 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.136 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D361
RGB	rgb(230, 211, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.11, -7.20, 57.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.11, 58.13, 97.11°)
OKLab	oklab(86.06% -0.0234 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(86.06% 0.136 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.0872, 64.2769, 20.6539)
Luminance	0.6428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D361 #6174E6

analogous

#E69161 #E6D361 #B6E661

triadic

#E6D361 #61E6D3 #D361E6

tetradic

#E6D361 #61E691 #6174E6 #E661B6

square

#E6D361 #61E691 #6174E6 #E661B6

split-complementary

#E6D361 #61B6E6 #9161E6

monochromatic

#B19B1C #DEC42C #E6D361 #EEE296 #F7F0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E6D361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#E6D361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D361

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D361	1.00	1.52	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 211, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.136 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e092',
    500: '#e6d361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d361;
$custom-light: #f1e092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86056,
    "c": 0.13563,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D361

secondary

#3A4BB1

accent

#2DD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D361

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

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