#E1CD5F#E1CD5F
#E1CD5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.132 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E1CD5F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(225, 205, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 68%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 58%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 57.8%, 11.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.11, -6.35, 56.21) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.11, 56.57, 96.45°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.36% -0.0209 0.1303) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.36% 0.132 99.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.9503, 60.4987, 19.6072) |
| Luminance | 0.6050 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.95
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.00
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.06
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.48
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.64
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.22
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E1CD5F #5F73E1
analogous
#E18C5F #E1CD5F #B4E15F
triadic
#E1CD5F #5FE1CD #CD5FE1
tetradic
#E1CD5F #5FE18C #5F73E1 #E15FB4
square
#E1CD5F #5FE18C #5F73E1 #E15FB4
split-complementary
#E1CD5F #5FB4E1 #8C5FE1
monochromatic
#A6921F #D7BD2B #E1CD5F #EBDD93 #F4EDC6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.60
#E1CD5F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.10
#E1CD5F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E1CD5F
13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E1CD5F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E1CD5F | 1.00 | 1.60 | 13.10 | 13.10 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.60 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.10 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.10 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DEC854
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4CF64
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F1C0B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e1cd5f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 205, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.132 99.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eddc90',
500: '#e1cd5f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e1cd5f; $custom-light: #eddc90; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e1cd5f",
"rgb": {
"r": 225,
"g": 205,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.769,
"s": 68.421,
"l": 62.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8436,
"c": 0.13196,
"h": 99.1
},
"luminance": 0.60496
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E1CD5F
secondary
#3B4CA9
accent
#32D015
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F