#E6D970#E6D970

#E6D970 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.127 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D970
RGB	rgb(230, 217, 112)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 51.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.82, -9.06, 52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.82, 53.53, 99.75°)
OKLab	oklab(87.46% -0.0271 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(87.46% 0.127 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.3724, 67.6206, 25.1980)
Luminance	0.6762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D970 #707DE6

analogous

#E69E70 #E6D970 #B8E670

triadic

#E6D970 #70E6D9 #D970E6

tetradic

#E6D970 #70E69E #707DE6 #E670B8

square

#E6D970 #70E69E #707DE6 #E670B8

split-complementary

#E6D970 #70B8E6 #9E70E6

monochromatic

#BBAA21 #DDCB3C #E6D970 #EFE7A4 #F8F5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E6D970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#E6D970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D970

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D970	1.00	1.45	14.52	14.52
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D366

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 217, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.127 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e49c',
    500: '#e6d970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d970;
$custom-light: #f0e49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.39,
    "s": 70.238,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8746,
    "c": 0.12742,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D970

secondary

#404DBB

accent

#28D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D970

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

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