#E1D172#E1D172

#E1D172 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.118 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D172
RGB	rgb(225, 209, 114)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 49.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.35, -6.86, 48.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.35, 49.23, 98.01°)
OKLab	oklab(85.41% -0.0203 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(85.41% 0.118 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.8907, 62.8254, 25.0461)
Luminance	0.6282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D172 #7282E1

analogous

#E19A72 #E1D172 #BAE172

triadic

#E1D172 #72E1D1 #D172E1

tetradic

#E1D172 #72E19A #7282E1 #E172BA

square

#E1D172 #72E19A #7282E1 #E172BA

split-complementary

#E1D172 #72BAE1 #9A72E1

monochromatic

#B39E26 #D6C140 #E1D172 #ECE1A4 #F6F2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E1D172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#E1D172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D172

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D172	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CC6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFC5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 209, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.118 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecde9c',
    500: '#e1d172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d172;
$custom-light: #ecde9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.351,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85411,
    "c": 0.11774,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D172

secondary

#4354B4

accent

#33CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D172

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

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