#E6E651#E6E651

#E6E651 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.166 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E651
RGB	rgb(230, 230, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.93, -17.68, 69.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.93, 71.79, 104.25°)
OKLab	oklab(89.85% -0.0549 0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(89.85% 0.166 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.4172, 74.0125, 18.7809)
Luminance	0.7401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E651 #5151E6

analogous

#E69B51 #E6E651 #9BE651

triadic

#E6E651 #51E6E6 #E651E6

tetradic

#E6E651 #51E69B #5151E6 #E6519B

square

#E6E651 #51E69B #5151E6 #E6519B

split-complementary

#E6E651 #519BE6 #9B51E6

monochromatic

#A5A518 #DADA1F #E6E651 #EEEE87 #F5F5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E6E651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#E6E651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E651

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E651	1.00	1.33	15.80	15.80
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 230, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.166 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed89',
    500: '#e6e651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e651;
$custom-light: #f1ed89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89847,
    "c": 0.16597,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E651

secondary

#3434A7

accent

#0ED70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E651

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

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