#E1C048#E1C048

#E1C048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.140 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C048
RGB	rgb(225, 192, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 68%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -1.11, 62.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 62.36, 91.02°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0085 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.14 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.0733, 54.1775, 13.8968)
Luminance	0.5417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C048 #4869E1

analogous

#E17348 #E1C048 #B5E148

triadic

#E1C048 #48E1C0 #C048E1

tetradic

#E1C048 #48E173 #4869E1 #E148B5

square

#E1C048 #48E173 #4869E1 #E148B5

split-complementary

#E1C048 #48B5E1 #7348E1

monochromatic

#967B19 #CBA621 #E1C048 #EAD27D #F2E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E1C048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#E1C048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C048

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C048	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 192, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.140 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed281',
    500: '#e1c048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c048;
$custom-light: #eed281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.059,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81492,
    "c": 0.14032,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C048

secondary

#33499A

accent

#60EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C048

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

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