#E6C970#E6C970

#E6C970 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.114 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C970
RGB	rgb(230, 201, 112)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 51%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 51.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.71, -0.90, 47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.71, 47.85, 91.07°)
OKLab	oklab(84.21% -0.0035 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(84.21% 0.114 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.4465, 59.7687, 23.8894)
Luminance	0.5977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C970 #708DE6

analogous

#E68E70 #E6C970 #C8E670

triadic

#E6C970 #70E6C9 #C970E6

tetradic

#E6C970 #70E68E #708DE6 #E670C8

square

#E6C970 #70E68E #708DE6 #E670C8

split-complementary

#E6C970 #70C8E6 #8E70E6

monochromatic

#BB9521 #DDB53C #E6C970 #EFDDA4 #F8F0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E6C970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#E6C970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C970

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C970	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC668

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CF73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 201, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.114 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d99b',
    500: '#e6c970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c970;
$custom-light: #f0d99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.254,
    "s": 70.238,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84212,
    "c": 0.1138,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C970

secondary

#405EBB

accent

#42D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C970

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

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