#E1C970#E1C970

#E1C970 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.113 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C970
RGB	rgb(225, 201, 112)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(47, 50%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 50.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.27, -2.94, 47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.27, 47.29, 93.56°)
OKLab	oklab(83.75% -0.0092 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(83.75% 0.113 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.8644, 58.9530, 23.8152)
Luminance	0.5895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C970 #7088E1

analogous

#E19070 #E1C970 #C0E170

triadic

#E1C970 #70E1C9 #C970E1

tetradic

#E1C970 #70E190 #7088E1 #E170C0

square

#E1C970 #70E190 #7088E1 #E170C0

split-complementary

#E1C970 #70C0E1 #9070E1

monochromatic

#B19425 #D6B63D #E1C970 #ECDCA3 #F6EFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E1C970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#E1C970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C970

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C970	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C668

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 201, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.113 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd99b',
    500: '#e1c970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c970;
$custom-light: #ecd99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.257,
    "s": 65.318,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83754,
    "c": 0.11276,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C970

secondary

#435AB3

accent

#3FCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C970

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

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