#E1C042#E1C042

#E1C042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.144 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C042
RGB	rgb(225, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, -1.42, 64.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 64.72, 91.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0101 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.144 94)
XYZ	xyz(50.8870, 54.1030, 12.9158)
Luminance	0.5410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C042 #4263E1

analogous

#E17142 #E1C042 #B3E142

triadic

#E1C042 #42E1C0 #C042E1

tetradic

#E1C042 #42E171 #4263E1 #E142B3

square

#E1C042 #42E171 #4263E1 #E142B3

split-complementary

#E1C042 #42B3E1 #7142E1

monochromatic

#927817 #C6A41F #E1C042 #E9D277 #F2E3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E1C042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#E1C042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C042

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C042	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.144 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed27e',
    500: '#e1c042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c042;
$custom-light: #eed27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.547,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81444,
    "c": 0.14434,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C042

secondary

#314696

accent

#5EEF38

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C042

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

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