#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
RGB	rgb(230, 212, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.23, -8.74, 64.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.23, 65.29, 97.70°)
OKLab	oklab(86.11% -0.0296 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(86.11% 0.149 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.6642, 64.5065, 17.1965)
Luminance	0.6450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E6D451	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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