#E1C97B#E1C97B

#E1C97B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.102 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C97B
RGB	rgb(225, 201, 123)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 45%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 45.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.41, -1.91, 41.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.41, 41.97, 92.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% -0.0051 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.102 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.5147, 59.2131, 27.2401)
Luminance	0.5921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C97B #7B93E1

analogous

#E1967B #E1C97B #C6E17B

triadic

#E1C97B #7BE1C9 #C97BE1

tetradic

#E1C97B #7BE196 #7B93E1 #E17BC6

square

#E1C97B #7BE196 #7B93E1 #E17BC6

split-complementary

#E1C97B #7BC6E1 #967BE1

monochromatic

#B8962A #D6B549 #E1C97B #ECDDAD #F8F2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E1C97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#E1C97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C97B

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C97B	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C675

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECD7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 201, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.102 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd9a2',
    500: '#e1c97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c97b;
$custom-light: #ecd9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83913,
    "c": 0.10154,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C97B

secondary

#4862B8

accent

#44CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C97B

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

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