#E1C145#E1C145

#E1C145 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.143 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C145
RGB	rgb(225, 193, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 69.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.80, -1.79, 63.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.80, 63.82, 91.61°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.0108 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.143 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.1981, 54.5799, 13.4673)
Luminance	0.5458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C145 #4565E1

analogous

#E17345 #E1C145 #B3E145

triadic

#E1C145 #45E1C1 #C145E1

tetradic

#E1C145 #45E173 #4565E1 #E145B3

square

#E1C145 #45E173 #4565E1 #E145B3

split-complementary

#E1C145 #45B3E1 #7345E1

monochromatic

#947A18 #C8A620 #E1C145 #E9D37A #F2E4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E1C145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#E1C145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C145

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C145	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 193, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.143 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed37f',
    500: '#e1c145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c145;
$custom-light: #eed37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.692,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81669,
    "c": 0.14302,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C145

secondary

#324798

accent

#5EEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C145

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

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