#E1CD69#E1CD69

#E1CD69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.123 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CD69
RGB	rgb(225, 205, 105)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 53.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.21, -5.58, 51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.21, 52.00, 96.16°)
OKLab	oklab(84.48% -0.0176 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(84.48% 0.123 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.4344, 60.6923, 22.1567)
Luminance	0.6069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CD69 #697DE1

analogous

#E19169 #E1CD69 #B9E169

triadic

#E1CD69 #69E1CD #CD69E1

tetradic

#E1CD69 #69E191 #697DE1 #E169B9

square

#E1CD69 #69E191 #697DE1 #E169B9

split-complementary

#E1CD69 #69B9E1 #9169E1

monochromatic

#AD9623 #D7BC36 #E1CD69 #EBDE9C #F5EFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E1CD69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#E1CD69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CD69

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CD69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CD69	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC860

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D06D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cd69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 205, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.123 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddc96',
    500: '#e1cd69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cd69;
$custom-light: #eddc96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cd69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84477,
    "c": 0.12288,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CD69

secondary

#4052AF

accent

#36CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CD69

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

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