#E6D451#E6D451

#E6D451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.149 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E6D451
RGBrgb(230, 212, 81)
HSLhsl(53, 75%, 61%)
HSVhsv(53, 65%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7.8%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(84.23, -8.74, 64.70)
CIE-LCHlch(84.23, 65.29, 97.70°)
OKLaboklab(86.11% -0.0296 0.1463)
OKLCHoklch(86.11% 0.149 101.4)
XYZxyz(57.6642, 64.5065, 17.1965)
Luminance0.6450 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E6D451 #5163E6
analogous
#E68951 #E6D451 #ADE651
triadic
#E6D451 #51E6D4 #D451E6
tetradic
#E6D451 #51E689 #5163E6 #E651AD
square
#E6D451 #51E689 #5163E6 #E651AD
split-complementary
#E6D451 #51ADE6 #8951E6
monochromatic
#A59418 #DAC41F #E6D451 #EEE187 #F5EEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51
#E6D451 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90
#E6D451 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D451
13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E6D451#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E6D4511.001.5113.9013.90
#FFFFFF1.511.0021.0021.00
#00000013.9021.001.001.00
##00000013.9021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E7CE40
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ECD558
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7C6B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e6d451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 212, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.149 101.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e088',
    500: '#e6d451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e6d451;
$custom-light: #f1e088;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e6d451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.752,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86105,
    "c": 0.14929,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E6D451
secondary
#3442A7
accent
#27D70E
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D451

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#E6D451 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva