#E6E351#E6E351

#E6E351 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.163 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E351
RGB	rgb(230, 227, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.14, -16.21, 68.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.14, 70.65, 103.26°)
OKLab	oklab(89.22% -0.0508 0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(89.22% 0.163 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.5895, 72.3571, 18.5050)
Luminance	0.7236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E351 #5154E6

analogous

#E69851 #E6E351 #9EE651

triadic

#E6E351 #51E6E3 #E351E6

tetradic

#E6E351 #51E698 #5154E6 #E6519E

square

#E6E351 #51E698 #5154E6 #E6519E

split-complementary

#E6E351 #519EE6 #9851E6

monochromatic

#A5A218 #DAD71F #E6E351 #EEEC87 #F5F4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E6E351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#E6E351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E351

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E351	1.00	1.36	15.47	15.47
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 227, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.163 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1eb89',
    500: '#e6e351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e351;
$custom-light: #f1eb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.792,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89218,
    "c": 0.16302,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E351

secondary

#3436A7

accent

#13D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E351

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

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