#E1D899#E1D899

#E1D899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.082 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1D899
RGB	rgb(225, 216, 153)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 32%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 32%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.72, -6.30, 32.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.72, 32.85, 101.06°)
OKLab	oklab(87.47% -0.0156 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(87.47% 0.082 101)
XYZ	xyz(61.3576, 67.4206, 39.9121)
Luminance	0.6742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1D899 #99A2E1

analogous

#E1B499 #E1D899 #C6E199

triadic

#E1D899 #99E1D8 #D899E1

tetradic

#E1D899 #99E1B4 #99A2E1 #E199C6

square

#E1D899 #99E1B4 #99A2E1 #E199C6

split-complementary

#E1D899 #99C6E1 #B499E1

monochromatic

#C5B43A #D3C66A #E1D899 #EFEAC8 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E1D899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#E1D899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1D899

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1D899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1D899	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D89B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1d899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 216, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.082 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe3b7',
    500: '#e1d899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1d899;
$custom-light: #ebe3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1d899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87466,
    "c": 0.08185,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.67419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1D899

secondary

#646FBA

accent

#37C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1D899

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

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