#E1C142#E1C142

#E1C142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.145 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C142
RGB	rgb(225, 193, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -1.94, 64.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 64.98, 91.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.0116 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.145 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.1073, 54.5436, 12.9892)
Luminance	0.5454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C142 #4262E1

analogous

#E17242 #E1C142 #B1E142

triadic

#E1C142 #42E1C1 #C142E1

tetradic

#E1C142 #42E172 #4262E1 #E142B1

square

#E1C142 #42E172 #4262E1 #E142B1

split-complementary

#E1C142 #42B1E1 #7242E1

monochromatic

#927917 #C6A51F #E1C142 #E9D277 #F2E4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E1C142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#E1C142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C142

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C142	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 193, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.145 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed37e',
    500: '#e1c142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c142;
$custom-light: #eed37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.925,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81646,
    "c": 0.14499,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C142

secondary

#314596

accent

#5DEF38

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C142

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

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