#E1D8A4Light Yellow

#E1D8A4 is a light yellow in the Yellow family. In practice it looks like a soft, dusty light butter yellow, and it is also commonly known as Butter Yellow, Lemon Chiffon. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#E1D8A4
CSS Namewheat (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f6f5f2
100#ebeae2
200#dcdac9
300#c6c1a4
400#aba378
500#968c58
600#837a48
700#6e6537
800#5b542c
900#4d4724
950#2e2913

Accessibility

Contrast on white
1.44:1
Contrast on black
14.56:1
  • AA (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • AA Large (3:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA Large (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • UI components (3:1) on whiteFail

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Complementary palette

Analogous palette

Triadic palette

Copy-ready CSS

brand-scale.css
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.005 99.4); /* #f6f5f2 */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.011 99.4); /* #ebeae2 */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.022 99.4); /* #dcdac9 */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.04 99.4); /* #c6c1a4 */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.06 99.4); /* #aba378 */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.072 99.4); /* #968c58 */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.071 99.4); /* #837a48 */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.066 99.4); /* #6e6537 */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.059 99.4); /* #5b542c */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.053 99.4); /* #4d4724 */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.037 99.4); /* #2e2913 */
}

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