#E1C045#E1C045

#E1C045 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.142 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C045
RGB	rgb(225, 192, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 69.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -1.27, 63.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 63.55, 91.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.0093 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.142 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.9778, 54.1393, 13.3939)
Luminance	0.5414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C045 #4566E1

analogous

#E17245 #E1C045 #B4E145

triadic

#E1C045 #45E1C0 #C045E1

tetradic

#E1C045 #45E172 #4566E1 #E145B4

square

#E1C045 #45E172 #4566E1 #E145B4

split-complementary

#E1C045 #45B4E1 #7245E1

monochromatic

#947A18 #C8A520 #E1C045 #E9D27A #F2E4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E1C045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#E1C045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C045

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C045	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 192, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.142 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed27f',
    500: '#e1c045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c045;
$custom-light: #eed27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.308,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81467,
    "c": 0.14237,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C045

secondary

#324898

accent

#5FEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C045

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

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