#E6E251#E6E251

#E6E251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.162 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E251
RGB	rgb(230, 226, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.88, -15.72, 68.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.88, 70.28, 102.92°)
OKLab	oklab(89.01% -0.0494 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(89.01% 0.162 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.3168, 71.8117, 18.4141)
Luminance	0.7181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E251 #5155E6

analogous

#E69751 #E6E251 #9FE651

triadic

#E6E251 #51E6E2 #E251E6

tetradic

#E6E251 #51E697 #5155E6 #E6519F

square

#E6E251 #51E697 #5155E6 #E6519F

split-complementary

#E6E251 #519FE6 #9751E6

monochromatic

#A5A118 #DAD51F #E6E251 #EEEB87 #F5F4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E6E251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#E6E251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E251

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E251	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D93D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 226, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.162 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea89',
    500: '#e6e251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e251;
$custom-light: #f1ea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.389,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89009,
    "c": 0.16205,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E251

secondary

#3437A7

accent

#14D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E251

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

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