#E1CC69#E1CC69

#E1CC69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.122 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CC69
RGB	rgb(225, 204, 105)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 53.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.96, -5.07, 51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.96, 51.64, 95.63°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% -0.0161 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.122 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.1959, 60.2155, 22.0772)
Luminance	0.6021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CC69 #697EE1

analogous

#E19069 #E1CC69 #BAE169

triadic

#E1CC69 #69E1CC #CC69E1

tetradic

#E1CC69 #69E190 #697EE1 #E169BA

square

#E1CC69 #69E190 #697EE1 #E169BA

split-complementary

#E1CC69 #69BAE1 #9069E1

monochromatic

#AD9523 #D7BB36 #E1CC69 #EBDD9C #F5EFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E1CC69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#E1CC69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CC69

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CC69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CC69	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC860

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CF6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cc69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 204, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.122 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddb96',
    500: '#e1cc69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cc69;
$custom-light: #eddb96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cc69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84272,
    "c": 0.12203,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CC69

secondary

#4053AF

accent

#37CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CC69

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

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