#E1CD68#E1CD68

#E1CD68 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.124 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CD68
RGB	rgb(225, 205, 104)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 53.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.20, -5.66, 52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.20, 52.46, 96.20°)
OKLab	oklab(84.46% -0.0179 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(84.46% 0.124 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.3833, 60.6719, 21.8876)
Luminance	0.6067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CD68 #687CE1

analogous

#E19168 #E1CD68 #B8E168

triadic

#E1CD68 #68E1CD #CD68E1

tetradic

#E1CD68 #68E191 #687CE1 #E168B8

square

#E1CD68 #68E191 #687CE1 #E168B8

split-complementary

#E1CD68 #68B8E1 #9168E1

monochromatic

#AC9622 #D7BC35 #E1CD68 #EBDE9B #F5EFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E1CD68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#E1CD68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CD68

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CD68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CD68	1.00	1.60	13.13	13.13
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC85F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D06C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cd68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 205, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.124 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddc96',
    500: '#e1cd68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cd68;
$custom-light: #eddc96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cd68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.083,
    "s": 66.851,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84464,
    "c": 0.12382,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CD68

secondary

#3F51AE

accent

#35CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CD68

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

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