#E1CD8A#E1CD8A

#E1CD8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.089 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CD8A
RGB	rgb(225, 205, 138)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(46, 39%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 38.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.65, -2.41, 35.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.65, 35.98, 93.84°)
OKLab	oklab(84.97% -0.0053 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(84.97% 0.089 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.4713, 61.5071, 32.8845)
Luminance	0.6150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CD8A #8A9EE1

analogous

#E1A18A #E1CD8A #C9E18A

triadic

#E1CD8A #8AE1CD #CD8AE1

tetradic

#E1CD8A #8AE1A1 #8A9EE1 #E18AC9

square

#E1CD8A #8AE1A1 #8A9EE1 #E18AC9

split-complementary

#E1CD8A #8AC9E1 #A18AE1

monochromatic

#BF9F31 #D5B859 #E1CD8A #EDE2BB #F9F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E1CD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#E1CD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CD8A

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CD8A	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCA85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D08C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1cd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 205, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.089 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdcad',
    500: '#e1cd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1cd8a;
$custom-light: #ecdcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1cd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.207,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84965,
    "c": 0.08857,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CD8A

secondary

#566DB9

accent

#45C71F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF7

border

#D6D4D0

text

#161510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CD8A

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

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