#E1D699#E1D699

#E1D699 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.080 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D699
RGB	rgb(225, 214, 153)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 32%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 32%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.20, -5.28, 31.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.20, 31.99, 99.50°)
OKLab	oklab(87.06% -0.0127 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(87.06% 0.08 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.8483, 66.4021, 39.7423)
Luminance	0.6640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D699 #99A4E1

analogous

#E1B299 #E1D699 #C8E199

triadic

#E1D699 #99E1D6 #D699E1

tetradic

#E1D699 #99E1B2 #99A4E1 #E199C8

square

#E1D699 #99E1B2 #99A4E1 #E199C8

split-complementary

#E1D699 #99C8E1 #B299E1

monochromatic

#C5B03A #D3C36A #E1D699 #EFE9C8 #F8F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E1D699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#E1D699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D699

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D699	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 214, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.080 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe2b7',
    500: '#e1d699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d699;
$custom-light: #ebe2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.833,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87059,
    "c": 0.07976,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D699

secondary

#6471BA

accent

#3CC223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D699

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

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