#E6DB51#E6DB51

#E6DB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.155 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DB51
RGB	rgb(230, 219, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.05, -12.25, 66.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.05, 67.72, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(87.55% -0.0396 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(87.55% 0.155 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.4521, 68.0823, 17.7925)
Luminance	0.6808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DB51 #515CE6

analogous

#E69051 #E6DB51 #A7E651

triadic

#E6DB51 #51E6DB #DB51E6

tetradic

#E6DB51 #51E690 #515CE6 #E651A7

square

#E6DB51 #51E690 #515CE6 #E651A7

split-complementary

#E6DB51 #51A7E6 #9051E6

monochromatic

#A59A18 #DACD1F #E6DB51 #EEE687 #F5F1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E6DB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#E6DB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DB51

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DB51	1.00	1.44	14.62	14.62
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6db51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 219, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.155 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e588',
    500: '#e6db51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6db51;
$custom-light: #f1e588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6db51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.57,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87551,
    "c": 0.15547,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DB51

secondary

#343DA7

accent

#1DD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DB51

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

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