#E6EC51#E6EC51

#E6EC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.172 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6EC51
RGB	rgb(230, 236, 81)
HSL	hsl(62, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.51, -20.58, 71.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.51, 74.11, 106.13°)
OKLab	oklab(91.11% -0.0631 0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(91.11% 0.172 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.1157, 77.4095, 19.3471)
Luminance	0.7741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6EC51 #5751EC

analogous

#ECA551 #E6EC51 #98EC51

triadic

#E6EC51 #51E6EC #EC51E6

tetradic

#E6EC51 #51ECA5 #5751EC #EC5198

square

#E6EC51 #51ECA5 #5751EC #EC5198

split-complementary

#E6EC51 #5198EC #A551EC

monochromatic

#A9AF13 #DEE61A #E6EC51 #EEF288 #F6F8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E6EC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#E6EC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6EC51

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6EC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6EC51	1.00	1.27	16.48	16.48
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE23B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ec51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 236, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.172 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f18a',
    500: '#e6ec51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ec51;
$custom-light: #f1f18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ec51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.323,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9111,
    "c": 0.17202,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6EC51

secondary

#3631B0

accent

#09DD11

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6EC51

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

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