#E1C04E#E1C04E

#E1C04E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.136 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C04E
RGB	rgb(225, 192, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 65.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -0.78, 59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 59.89, 90.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.0069 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.136 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.2786, 54.2597, 14.9784)
Luminance	0.5426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C04E #4E6FE1

analogous

#E1774E #E1C04E #B8E14E

triadic

#E1C04E #4EE1C0 #C04EE1

tetradic

#E1C04E #4EE177 #4E6FE1 #E14EB8

square

#E1C04E #4EE177 #4E6FE1 #E14EB8

split-complementary

#E1C04E #4EB8E1 #774EE1

monochromatic

#9A7E1A #CFA823 #E1C04E #EAD382 #F3E5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E1C04E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#E1C04E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C04E

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C04E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C04E	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)

#D3BD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c04e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 192, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.136 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed285',
    500: '#e1c04e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c04e;
$custom-light: #eed285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c04e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.531,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81545,
    "c": 0.13597,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C04E

secondary

#354D9E

accent

#62EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C04E

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

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