#E1C779#E1C779

#E1C779 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.102 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C779
RGB	rgb(225, 199, 121)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(45, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 46.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.87, -1.07, 42.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.87, 42.27, 91.45°)
OKLab	oklab(83.48% -0.0028 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(83.48% 0.102 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.9276, 58.2372, 26.4331)
Luminance	0.5824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C779 #7993E1

analogous

#E19379 #E1C779 #C7E179

triadic

#E1C779 #79E1C7 #C779E1

tetradic

#E1C779 #79E193 #7993E1 #E179C7

square

#E1C779 #79E193 #7993E1 #E179C7

split-complementary

#E1C779 #79C7E1 #9379E1

monochromatic

#B79329 #D6B247 #E1C779 #ECDCAB #F7F1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E1C779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#E1C779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C779

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C779	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCC7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 199, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.102 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd7a1',
    500: '#e1c779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c779;
$custom-light: #ecd7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83479,
    "c": 0.10207,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C779

secondary

#4763B8

accent

#47CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C779

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

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