#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
RGBrgb(230, 219, 81)
HSLhsl(56, 75%, 61%)
HSVhsv(56, 65%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.8%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(86.05, -12.25, 66.60)
CIE-LCHlch(86.05, 67.72, 100.42°)
OKLaboklab(87.55% -0.0396 0.1503)
OKLCHoklch(87.55% 0.155 104.8)
XYZxyz(59.4521, 68.0823, 17.7925)
Luminance0.6808 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##E6DB511.001.4414.6214.62
#FFFFFF1.441.0021.0021.00
#00000014.6221.001.001.00
##00000014.6221.001.001.00

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

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#E6DB51 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva