#E1CD73#E1CD73

#E1CD73 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.113 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CD73
RGB	rgb(225, 205, 115)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 48.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.33, -4.72, 47.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.33, 47.26, 95.74°)
OKLab	oklab(84.61% -0.014 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(84.61% 0.113 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.9789, 60.9101, 25.0245)
Luminance	0.6091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CD73 #7387E1

analogous

#E19673 #E1CD73 #BEE173

triadic

#E1CD73 #73E1CD #CD73E1

tetradic

#E1CD73 #73E196 #7387E1 #E173BE

square

#E1CD73 #73E196 #7387E1 #E173BE

split-complementary

#E1CD73 #73BEE1 #9673E1

monochromatic

#B39A26 #D6BB41 #E1CD73 #ECDFA5 #F7F1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E1CD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#E1CD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CD73

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CD73	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)

#DDC96B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cd73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 205, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.113 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdc9d',
    500: '#e1cd73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cd73;
$custom-light: #ecdc9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cd73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84608,
    "c": 0.11312,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CD73

secondary

#4458B4

accent

#3ACD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CD73

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

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