#E6E970#E6E970

#E6E970 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.144 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E970
RGB	rgb(230, 233, 112)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(61, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 51.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.99, -17.00, 57.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.99, 60.10, 106.43°)
OKLab	oklab(90.78% -0.0498 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(90.78% 0.144 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.6982, 76.2721, 26.6399)
Luminance	0.7627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E970 #7370E9

analogous

#E9B070 #E6E970 #A9E970

triadic

#E6E970 #70E6E9 #E970E6

tetradic

#E6E970 #70E9B0 #7370E9 #E970A9

square

#E6E970 #70E9B0 #7370E9 #E970A9

split-complementary

#E6E970 #70A9E9 #B070E9

monochromatic

#BDC11E #DDE13B #E6E970 #EFF1A5 #F9F9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E6E970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.25

#E6E970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E970

16.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E970	1.00	1.29	16.25	16.25
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E064

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 233, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.144 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef9c',
    500: '#e6e970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e970;
$custom-light: #f0ef9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.488,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90777,
    "c": 0.144,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E970

secondary

#413EC0

accent

#10D515

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E970

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →