#E6DC51#E6DC51

#E6DC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.156 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DC51
RGB	rgb(230, 220, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.31, -12.75, 66.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.31, 68.08, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(87.76% -0.041 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(87.76% 0.156 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.7138, 68.6056, 17.8797)
Luminance	0.6860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DC51 #515BE6

analogous

#E69151 #E6DC51 #A5E651

triadic

#E6DC51 #51E6DC #DC51E6

tetradic

#E6DC51 #51E691 #515BE6 #E651A5

square

#E6DC51 #51E691 #515BE6 #E651A5

split-complementary

#E6DC51 #51A5E6 #9151E6

monochromatic

#A59B18 #DACE1F #E6DC51 #EEE787 #F5F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E6DC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#E6DC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DC51

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DC51	1.00	1.43	14.72	14.72
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 220, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.156 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e689',
    500: '#e6dc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dc51;
$custom-light: #f1e689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.973,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87758,
    "c": 0.15638,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DC51

secondary

#343CA7

accent

#1CD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DC51

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

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