#E6D461#E6D461

#E6D461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.136 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D461
RGB	rgb(230, 212, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.37, -7.70, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.37, 58.49, 97.57°)
OKLab	oklab(86.26% -0.0249 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(86.26% 0.136 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.3364, 64.7754, 20.7370)
Luminance	0.6477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D461 #6173E6

analogous

#E69261 #E6D461 #B6E661

triadic

#E6D461 #61E6D4 #D461E6

tetradic

#E6D461 #61E692 #6173E6 #E661B6

square

#E6D461 #61E692 #6173E6 #E661B6

split-complementary

#E6D461 #61B6E6 #9261E6

monochromatic

#B19D1C #DEC62C #E6D461 #EEE296 #F7F1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E6D461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#E6D461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D461

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D461	1.00	1.50	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 212, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.136 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e092',
    500: '#e6d461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d461;
$custom-light: #f1e092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.88,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8626,
    "c": 0.13649,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D461

secondary

#3A4AB1

accent

#2BD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D461

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

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