#E1C050#E1C050

#E1C050 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.134 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C050
RGB	rgb(225, 192, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 64.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -0.66, 59.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 59.04, 90.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% -0.0063 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.134 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.3514, 54.2888, 15.3618)
Luminance	0.5429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C050 #5071E1

analogous

#E17850 #E1C050 #B9E150

triadic

#E1C050 #50E1C0 #C050E1

tetradic

#E1C050 #50E178 #5071E1 #E150B9

square

#E1C050 #50E178 #5071E1 #E150B9

split-complementary

#E1C050 #50B9E1 #7850E1

monochromatic

#9C7E1B #D0A924 #E1C050 #EAD384 #F3E6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E1C050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#E1C050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C050

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C050	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 192, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.134 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed286',
    500: '#e1c050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c050;
$custom-light: #eed286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.345,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81564,
    "c": 0.13446,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C050

secondary

#364E9F

accent

#63ED3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C050

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

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