#E1C97F#E1C97F

#E1C97F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.097 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C97F
RGB	rgb(225, 201, 127)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(45, 44%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 43.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, -1.51, 39.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 40.01, 92.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.98% -0.0036 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(83.98% 0.097 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.7703, 59.3153, 28.5859)
Luminance	0.5931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C97F #7F97E1

analogous

#E1987F #E1C97F #C8E17F

triadic

#E1C97F #7FE1C9 #C97FE1

tetradic

#E1C97F #7FE198 #7F97E1 #E17FC8

square

#E1C97F #7FE198 #7F97E1 #E17FC8

split-complementary

#E1C97F #7FC8E1 #987FE1

monochromatic

#BA972C #D5B44D #E1C97F #EDDEB1 #F8F3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E1C97F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#E1C97F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C97F

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C97F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C97F	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECD82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c97f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 201, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.097 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd9a5',
    500: '#e1c97f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c97f;
$custom-light: #ecd9a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c97f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 62.025,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83975,
    "c": 0.09731,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C97F

secondary

#4C66B8

accent

#46CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF6

border

#D6D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C97F

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

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