#E1CD74#E1CD74

#E1CD74 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.112 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CD74
RGB	rgb(225, 205, 116)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 48.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.34, -4.63, 46.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.34, 46.78, 95.68°)
OKLab	oklab(84.62% -0.0137 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(84.62% 0.112 97)
XYZ	xyz(56.0367, 60.9333, 25.3292)
Luminance	0.6093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CD74 #7488E1

analogous

#E19774 #E1CD74 #BFE174

triadic

#E1CD74 #74E1CD #CD74E1

tetradic

#E1CD74 #74E197 #7488E1 #E174BF

square

#E1CD74 #74E197 #7488E1 #E174BF

split-complementary

#E1CD74 #74BFE1 #9774E1

monochromatic

#B49A27 #D6BB42 #E1CD74 #ECDFA6 #F7F1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E1CD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#E1CD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CD74

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CD74	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC96C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cd74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 205, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.112 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdc9e',
    500: '#e1cd74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cd74;
$custom-light: #ecdc9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cd74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.991,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84621,
    "c": 0.11212,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.60931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CD74

secondary

#4459B5

accent

#3ACC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CD74

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

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