#E6DE51#E6DE51

#E6DE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.158 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DE51
RGB	rgb(230, 222, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.83, -13.74, 67.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.83, 68.80, 101.52°)
OKLab	oklab(88.17% -0.0438 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(88.17% 0.158 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.2418, 69.6617, 18.0558)
Luminance	0.6966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DE51 #5159E6

analogous

#E69451 #E6DE51 #A3E651

triadic

#E6DE51 #51E6DE #DE51E6

tetradic

#E6DE51 #51E694 #5159E6 #E651A3

square

#E6DE51 #51E694 #5159E6 #E651A3

split-complementary

#E6DE51 #51A3E6 #9451E6

monochromatic

#A59D18 #DAD01F #E6DE51 #EEE887 #F5F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E6DE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.93

#E6DE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DE51

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DE51	1.00	1.41	14.93	14.93
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6de51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 222, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.158 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e889',
    500: '#e6de51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6de51;
$custom-light: #f1e889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6de51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.779,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88174,
    "c": 0.15824,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DE51

secondary

#343AA7

accent

#19D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DE51

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

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