#E1D696#E1D696

#E1D696 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.083 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D696
RGB	rgb(225, 214, 150)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 33%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 33.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.15, -5.65, 33.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.15, 33.51, 99.70°)
OKLab	oklab(87% -0.0139 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(87% 0.083 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.6037, 66.3042, 38.4538)
Luminance	0.6630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D696 #96A1E1

analogous

#E1B096 #E1D696 #C6E196

triadic

#E1D696 #96E1D6 #D696E1

tetradic

#E1D696 #96E1B0 #96A1E1 #E196C6

square

#E1D696 #96E1B0 #96A1E1 #E196C6

split-complementary

#E1D696 #96C6E1 #B096E1

monochromatic

#C4B038 #D3C366 #E1D696 #EFE9C6 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E1D696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#E1D696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D696

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D696	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 214, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.083 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe2b5',
    500: '#e1d696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d696;
$custom-light: #ebe2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.2,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87003,
    "c": 0.0833,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D696

secondary

#616EBA

accent

#3AC322

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D696

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

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