#E1C149#E1C149

#E1C149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.140 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C149
RGB	rgb(225, 193, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -1.58, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 62.23, 91.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0098 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.14 94)
XYZ	xyz(51.3265, 54.6313, 14.1434)
Luminance	0.5463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C149 #4969E1

analogous

#E17549 #E1C149 #B5E149

triadic

#E1C149 #49E1C1 #C149E1

tetradic

#E1C149 #49E175 #4969E1 #E149B5

square

#E1C149 #49E175 #4969E1 #E149B5

split-complementary

#E1C149 #49B5E1 #7549E1

monochromatic

#977C19 #CBA822 #E1C149 #EAD37E #F2E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E1C149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#E1C149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C149

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C149	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 193, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.140 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed382',
    500: '#e1c149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c149;
$custom-light: #eed382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81702,
    "c": 0.14027,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.54629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C149

secondary

#33499B

accent

#5FEE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C149

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

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