#E1C96D#E1C96D

#E1C96D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.116 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C96D
RGB	rgb(225, 201, 109)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 51.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, -3.20, 48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 48.72, 93.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% -0.0102 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.116 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.7002, 58.8873, 22.9501)
Luminance	0.5888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C96D #6D85E1

analogous

#E18F6D #E1C96D #BFE16D

triadic

#E1C96D #6DE1C9 #C96DE1

tetradic

#E1C96D #6DE18F #6D85E1 #E16DBF

square

#E1C96D #6DE18F #6D85E1 #E16DBF

split-complementary

#E1C96D #6DBFE1 #8F6DE1

monochromatic

#B09324 #D7B63A #E1C96D #EBDCA0 #F6EFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E1C96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#E1C96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C96D

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C96D	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC565

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 201, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.116 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd999',
    500: '#e1c96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c96d;
$custom-light: #edd999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 65.909,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83713,
    "c": 0.1157,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C96D

secondary

#4158B1

accent

#3DCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C96D

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

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