#E1C049#E1C049

#E1C049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.140 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C049
RGB	rgb(225, 192, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -1.06, 61.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 61.95, 90.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.0083 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.14 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.1061, 54.1907, 14.0700)
Luminance	0.5419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C049 #496AE1

analogous

#E17449 #E1C049 #B6E149

triadic

#E1C049 #49E1C0 #C049E1

tetradic

#E1C049 #49E174 #496AE1 #E149B6

square

#E1C049 #49E174 #496AE1 #E149B6

split-complementary

#E1C049 #49B6E1 #7449E1

monochromatic

#977B19 #CBA622 #E1C049 #EAD27E #F2E4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E1C049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#E1C049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C049

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C049	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)

#D4BD3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 192, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.140 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed282',
    500: '#e1c049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c049;
$custom-light: #eed282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.974,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.815,
    "c": 0.13962,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C049

secondary

#334A9B

accent

#61EE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C049

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

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