#E1D596#E1D596

#E1D596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.082 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D596
RGB	rgb(225, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 33%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 33.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.89, -5.13, 32.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.89, 33.09, 98.93°)
OKLab	oklab(86.8% -0.0124 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(86.8% 0.082 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.3514, 65.7996, 38.3697)
Luminance	0.6580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D596 #96A2E1

analogous

#E1AF96 #E1D596 #C7E196

triadic

#E1D596 #96E1D5 #D596E1

tetradic

#E1D596 #96E1AF #96A2E1 #E196C7

square

#E1D596 #96E1AF #96A2E1 #E196C7

split-complementary

#E1D596 #96C7E1 #AF96E1

monochromatic

#C4AE38 #D3C266 #E1D596 #EFE8C6 #F8F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E1D596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#E1D596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D596

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D596	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.082 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe1b5',
    500: '#e1d596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d596;
$custom-light: #ebe1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.868,
    "c": 0.08227,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D596

secondary

#6170BA

accent

#3CC322

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D596

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

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