#E6E051#E6E051

#E6E051 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.160 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E051
RGB	rgb(230, 224, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.35, -14.73, 67.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.35, 69.54, 102.23°)
OKLab	oklab(88.59% -0.0466 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(88.59% 0.16 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.7762, 70.7304, 18.2339)
Luminance	0.7073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E051 #5157E6

analogous

#E69551 #E6E051 #A1E651

triadic

#E6E051 #51E6E0 #E051E6

tetradic

#E6E051 #51E695 #5157E6 #E651A1

square

#E6E051 #51E695 #5157E6 #E651A1

split-complementary

#E6E051 #51A1E6 #9551E6

monochromatic

#A59F18 #DAD31F #E6E051 #EEEA87 #F5F3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E6E051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.15

#E6E051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E051

15.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E051	1.00	1.39	15.15	15.15
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 224, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.160 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e989',
    500: '#e6e051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e051;
$custom-light: #f1e989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.584,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88591,
    "c": 0.16013,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E051

secondary

#3439A7

accent

#17D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E051

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

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