#E1CF66#E1CF66
#E1CF66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.127 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E1CF66 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(225, 207, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 67%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 55%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8%, 54.7%, 11.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.70, -6.84, 53.67) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.70, 54.10, 97.27°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.85% -0.0215 0.1256) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.85% 0.127 99.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.7644, 61.5947, 21.5194) |
| Luminance | 0.6159 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.46
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.77
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.03
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.86
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.25
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.28
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E1CF66 #6678E1
analogous
#E19266 #E1CF66 #B5E166
triadic
#E1CF66 #66E1CF #CF66E1
tetradic
#E1CF66 #66E192 #6678E1 #E166B5
square
#E1CF66 #66E192 #6678E1 #E166B5
split-complementary
#E1CF66 #66B5E1 #9266E1
monochromatic
#AB9722 #D7BF33 #E1CF66 #EBDF99 #F5EFCC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.58
#E1CF66 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.32
#E1CF66 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E1CF66
13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E1CF66 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E1CF66 | 1.00 | 1.58 | 13.32 | 13.32 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.58 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.32 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.32 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E0CA5C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5D16B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F0C2B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CECECE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e1cf66; /* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 207, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.127 99.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eddd94',
500: '#e1cf66',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e1cf66; $custom-light: #eddd94; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e1cf66",
"rgb": {
"r": 225,
"g": 207,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.22,
"s": 67.213,
"l": 64.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8485,
"c": 0.12743,
"h": 99.7
},
"luminance": 0.61593
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E1CF66
secondary
#3E4EAD
accent
#31CF16
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F