#E6E851#E6E851

#E6E851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.168 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E851
RGB	rgb(230, 232, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.45, -18.65, 70.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.45, 72.56, 104.89°)
OKLab	oklab(90.27% -0.0576 0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(90.27% 0.168 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.9770, 75.1320, 18.9675)
Luminance	0.7513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E851 #5351E8

analogous

#E89F51 #E6E851 #9BE851

triadic

#E6E851 #51E6E8 #E851E6

tetradic

#E6E851 #51E89F #5351E8 #E8519B

square

#E6E851 #51E89F #5351E8 #E8519B

split-complementary

#E6E851 #519BE8 #9F51E8

monochromatic

#A6A816 #DCDE1D #E6E851 #EEEF87 #F6F6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E6E851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#E6E851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E851

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E851	1.00	1.31	16.03	16.03
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADE3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 232, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.168 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ef89',
    500: '#e6e851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e851;
$custom-light: #f1ef89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.795,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90267,
    "c": 0.16796,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E851

secondary

#3533AA

accent

#0DD90F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E851

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

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