#E1C052#E1C052

#E1C052 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.133 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C052
RGB	rgb(225, 192, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 63.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, -0.53, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 58.18, 90.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.0057 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.133 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.4264, 54.3188, 15.7568)
Luminance	0.5432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C052 #5273E1

analogous

#E17952 #E1C052 #BAE152

triadic

#E1C052 #52E1C0 #C052E1

tetradic

#E1C052 #52E179 #5273E1 #E152BA

square

#E1C052 #52E179 #5273E1 #E152BA

split-complementary

#E1C052 #52BAE1 #7952E1

monochromatic

#9D7F1B #D1AA24 #E1C052 #EAD386 #F3E6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E1C052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#E1C052 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C052

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C052	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)

#D3BD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 192, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.133 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed287',
    500: '#e1c052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c052;
$custom-light: #eed287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 70.443,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81583,
    "c": 0.13291,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C052

secondary

#374FA1

accent

#3FD213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C052

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

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