#E1C04F#E1C04F

#E1C04F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.135 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C04F
RGB	rgb(225, 192, 79)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 64.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -0.72, 59.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 59.47, 90.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.0066 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.135 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.3148, 54.2741, 15.1687)
Luminance	0.5427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C04F #4F70E1

analogous

#E1774F #E1C04F #B9E14F

triadic

#E1C04F #4FE1C0 #C04FE1

tetradic

#E1C04F #4FE177 #4F70E1 #E14FB9

square

#E1C04F #4FE177 #4F70E1 #E14FB9

split-complementary

#E1C04F #4FB9E1 #774FE1

monochromatic

#9B7E1A #CFA923 #E1C04F #EAD383 #F3E5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E1C04F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#E1C04F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C04F

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C04F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C04F	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)

#D3BD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c04f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 192, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.135 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed285',
    500: '#e1c04f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c04f;
$custom-light: #eed285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c04f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.438,
    "s": 70.874,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81554,
    "c": 0.13522,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C04F

secondary

#354D9F

accent

#63EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C04F

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

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