#E6E451#E6E451

#E6E451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.164 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E451
RGB	rgb(230, 228, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.40, -16.70, 69.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.40, 71.03, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(89.43% -0.0522 0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(89.43% 0.164 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.8638, 72.9057, 18.5964)
Luminance	0.7290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E451 #5153E6

analogous

#E69951 #E6E451 #9DE651

triadic

#E6E451 #51E6E4 #E451E6

tetradic

#E6E451 #51E699 #5153E6 #E6519D

square

#E6E451 #51E699 #5153E6 #E6519D

split-complementary

#E6E451 #519DE6 #9951E6

monochromatic

#A5A318 #DAD81F #E6E451 #EEEC87 #F5F5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E6E451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#E6E451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E451

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E451	1.00	1.35	15.58	15.58
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 228, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.164 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ec89',
    500: '#e6e451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e451;
$custom-light: #f1ec89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.195,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89427,
    "c": 0.164,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E451

secondary

#3436A7

accent

#11D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E451

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

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