#E1C879#E1C879

#E1C879 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.103 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C879
RGB	rgb(225, 200, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 46.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.13, -1.59, 42.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.13, 42.60, 92.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.0043 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.103 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.1585, 58.6988, 26.5100)
Luminance	0.5870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C879 #7992E1

analogous

#E19479 #E1C879 #C6E179

triadic

#E1C879 #79E1C8 #C879E1

tetradic

#E1C879 #79E194 #7992E1 #E179C6

square

#E1C879 #79E194 #7992E1 #E179C6

split-complementary

#E1C879 #79C6E1 #9479E1

monochromatic

#B79529 #D6B347 #E1C879 #ECDDAB #F7F1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E1C879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#E1C879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C879

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C879	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECD7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 200, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.103 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd8a1',
    500: '#e1c879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c879;
$custom-light: #ecd8a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.577,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83681,
    "c": 0.10284,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C879

secondary

#4762B8

accent

#45CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C879

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

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