#E6D551#E6D551

#E6D551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.150 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D551
RGB	rgb(230, 213, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.49, -9.25, 64.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.49, 65.63, 98.10°)
OKLab	oklab(86.31% -0.0311 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(86.31% 0.15 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.9149, 65.0080, 17.2801)
Luminance	0.6501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D551 #5162E6

analogous

#E68A51 #E6D551 #ACE651

triadic

#E6D551 #51E6D5 #D551E6

tetradic

#E6D551 #51E68A #5162E6 #E651AC

square

#E6D551 #51E68A #5162E6 #E651AC

split-complementary

#E6D551 #51ACE6 #8A51E6

monochromatic

#A59518 #DAC51F #E6D551 #EEE287 #F5EFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E6D551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#E6D551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D551

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D551	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 213, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.150 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e188',
    500: '#e6d551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d551;
$custom-light: #f1e188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.154,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86311,
    "c": 0.15014,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D551

secondary

#3441A7

accent

#25D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D551

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

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