#E1C04C#E1C04C

#E1C04C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.137 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C04C
RGB	rgb(225, 192, 76)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 66.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -0.89, 60.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 60.72, 90.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% -0.0074 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.137 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.2080, 54.2314, 14.6065)
Luminance	0.5423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C04C #4C6DE1

analogous

#E1764C #E1C04C #B8E14C

triadic

#E1C04C #4CE1C0 #C04CE1

tetradic

#E1C04C #4CE176 #4C6DE1 #E14CB8

square

#E1C04C #4CE176 #4C6DE1 #E14CB8

split-complementary

#E1C04C #4CB8E1 #764CE1

monochromatic

#997D1A #CDA822 #E1C04C #EAD280 #F3E5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E1C04C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#E1C04C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C04C

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C04C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C04C	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c04c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 192, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.137 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed283',
    500: '#e1c04c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c04c;
$custom-light: #eed283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c04c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.711,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81527,
    "c": 0.13745,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C04C

secondary

#344C9D

accent

#62EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C04C

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

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