#E6E551#E6E551

#E6E551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.165 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E551
RGB	rgb(230, 229, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.67, -17.19, 69.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.67, 71.41, 103.93°)
OKLab	oklab(89.64% -0.0535 0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(89.64% 0.165 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.1397, 73.4575, 18.6884)
Luminance	0.7346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E551 #5152E6

analogous

#E69A51 #E6E551 #9CE651

triadic

#E6E551 #51E6E5 #E551E6

tetradic

#E6E551 #51E69A #5152E6 #E6519C

square

#E6E551 #51E69A #5152E6 #E6519C

split-complementary

#E6E551 #519CE6 #9A51E6

monochromatic

#A5A418 #DAD91F #E6E551 #EEED87 #F5F5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E6E551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#E6E551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E551

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E551	1.00	1.34	15.69	15.69
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 229, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.165 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed89',
    500: '#e6e551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e551;
$custom-light: #f1ed89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.597,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89637,
    "c": 0.16498,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E551

secondary

#3435A7

accent

#10D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E551

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

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