#E1CD79#E1CD79

#E1CD79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.107 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CD79
RGB	rgb(225, 205, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 46.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.41, -4.17, 44.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.41, 44.36, 95.39°)
OKLab	oklab(84.69% -0.0118 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(84.69% 0.107 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.3354, 61.0528, 26.9023)
Luminance	0.6105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CD79 #798DE1

analogous

#E19979 #E1CD79 #C1E179

triadic

#E1CD79 #79E1CD #CD79E1

tetradic

#E1CD79 #79E199 #798DE1 #E179C1

square

#E1CD79 #79E199 #798DE1 #E179C1

split-complementary

#E1CD79 #79C1E1 #9979E1

monochromatic

#B79B29 #D6BA47 #E1CD79 #ECE0AB #F7F2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E1CD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#E1CD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CD79

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CD79	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D07C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFC2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 205, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.107 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdca1',
    500: '#e1cd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cd79;
$custom-light: #ecdca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84693,
    "c": 0.10698,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CD79

secondary

#475CB8

accent

#3CCB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CD79

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

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