#E6D170#E6D170

#E6D170 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.120 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D170
RGB	rgb(230, 209, 112)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 51.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.75, -5.00, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.75, 50.55, 95.68°)
OKLab	oklab(85.83% -0.0154 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(85.83% 0.12 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.3601, 63.5961, 24.5273)
Luminance	0.6359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D170 #7085E6

analogous

#E69670 #E6D170 #C0E670

triadic

#E6D170 #70E6D1 #D170E6

tetradic

#E6D170 #70E696 #7085E6 #E670C0

square

#E6D170 #70E696 #7085E6 #E670C0

split-complementary

#E6D170 #70C0E6 #9670E6

monochromatic

#BB9F21 #DDC03C #E6D170 #EFE2A4 #F8F3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E6D170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#E6D170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D170

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D170	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CD67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D474

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 209, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.120 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de9b',
    500: '#e6d170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d170;
$custom-light: #f0de9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.322,
    "s": 70.238,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85826,
    "c": 0.12014,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D170

secondary

#4055BB

accent

#35D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D170

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

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