#E1C871#E1C871

#E1C871 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.111 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C871
RGB	rgb(225, 200, 113)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(47, 50%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 49.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, -2.33, 46.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 46.47, 92.87°)
OKLab	oklab(83.57% -0.0073 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(83.57% 0.111 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.6881, 58.5107, 24.0326)
Luminance	0.5851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C871 #718AE1

analogous

#E19071 #E1C871 #C2E171

triadic

#E1C871 #71E1C8 #C871E1

tetradic

#E1C871 #71E190 #718AE1 #E171C2

square

#E1C871 #71E190 #718AE1 #E171C2

split-complementary

#E1C871 #71C2E1 #9071E1

monochromatic

#B29326 #D6B43E #E1C871 #ECDCA4 #F6EFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E1C871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#E1C871 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C871

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C871	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C56A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 200, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.111 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd89b',
    500: '#e1c871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c871;
$custom-light: #ecd89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.607,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83565,
    "c": 0.11097,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C871

secondary

#435CB3

accent

#41CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C871

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

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