#E6E170#E6E170

#E6E170 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.135 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E170
RGB	rgb(230, 225, 112)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 51%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 51.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.89, -13.06, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.89, 56.73, 103.31°)
OKLab	oklab(89.11% -0.0386 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(89.11% 0.135 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.4846, 71.8450, 25.9021)
Luminance	0.7184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E170 #7075E6

analogous

#E6A670 #E6E170 #B0E670

triadic

#E6E170 #70E6E1 #E170E6

tetradic

#E6E170 #70E6A6 #7075E6 #E670B0

square

#E6E170 #70E6A6 #7075E6 #E670B0

split-complementary

#E6E170 #70B0E6 #A670E6

monochromatic

#BBB421 #DDD63C #E6E170 #EFECA4 #F8F7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E6E170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#E6E170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E170

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E170	1.00	1.37	15.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 225, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.135 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea9c',
    500: '#e6e170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e170;
$custom-light: #f0ea9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.458,
    "s": 70.238,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89111,
    "c": 0.13544,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E170

secondary

#4045BB

accent

#1BD213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E170

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

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