#E1CC79#E1CC79

#E1CC79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.106 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CC79
RGB	rgb(225, 204, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 46.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.15, -3.65, 43.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.15, 44.00, 94.76°)
OKLab	oklab(84.49% -0.0103 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(84.49% 0.106 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.0970, 60.5759, 26.8228)
Luminance	0.6057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CC79 #798EE1

analogous

#E19879 #E1CC79 #C2E179

triadic

#E1CC79 #79E1CC #CC79E1

tetradic

#E1CC79 #79E198 #798EE1 #E179C2

square

#E1CC79 #79E198 #798EE1 #E179C2

split-complementary

#E1CC79 #79C2E1 #9879E1

monochromatic

#B79A29 #D6B947 #E1CC79 #ECDFAB #F7F2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E1CC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#E1CC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CC79

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CC79	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CF7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFC1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 204, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.106 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdba1',
    500: '#e1cc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cc79;
$custom-light: #ecdba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.885,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8449,
    "c": 0.10611,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CC79

secondary

#475DB8

accent

#3ECB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CC79

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

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