#E6D951#E6D951

#E6D951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.154 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D951
RGB	rgb(230, 217, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.53, -11.25, 66.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.53, 67.01, 99.67°)
OKLab	oklab(87.14% -0.0368 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(87.14% 0.154 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.9335, 67.0450, 17.6196)
Luminance	0.6704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D951 #515EE6

analogous

#E68E51 #E6D951 #A8E651

triadic

#E6D951 #51E6D9 #D951E6

tetradic

#E6D951 #51E68E #515EE6 #E651A8

square

#E6D951 #51E68E #515EE6 #E651A8

split-complementary

#E6D951 #51A8E6 #8E51E6

monochromatic

#A59918 #DACA1F #E6D951 #EEE587 #F5F0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E6D951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.41

#E6D951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D951

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D951	1.00	1.46	14.41	14.41
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 217, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.154 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e488',
    500: '#e6d951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d951;
$custom-light: #f1e488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.765,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87137,
    "c": 0.15365,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D951

secondary

#343EA7

accent

#20D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D951

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

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