#E1CD72#E1CD72

#E1CD72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.114 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CD72
RGB	rgb(225, 205, 114)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 49.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.32, -4.81, 47.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.32, 47.74, 95.79°)
OKLab	oklab(84.59% -0.0144 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(84.59% 0.114 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.9217, 60.8872, 24.7231)
Luminance	0.6089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CD72 #7286E1

analogous

#E19672 #E1CD72 #BEE172

triadic

#E1CD72 #72E1CD #CD72E1

tetradic

#E1CD72 #72E196 #7286E1 #E172BE

square

#E1CD72 #72E196 #7286E1 #E172BE

split-complementary

#E1CD72 #72BEE1 #9672E1

monochromatic

#B39926 #D6BB40 #E1CD72 #ECDFA4 #F6F1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E1CD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#E1CD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CD72

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CD72	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC96A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D076

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 205, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.114 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdc9c',
    500: '#e1cd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cd72;
$custom-light: #ecdc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.189,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84594,
    "c": 0.11413,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CD72

secondary

#4358B4

accent

#39CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CD72

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

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