#E1C14A#E1C14A

#E1C14A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.140 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C14A
RGB	rgb(225, 193, 74)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 67.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.84, -1.52, 61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.84, 61.82, 91.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.0095 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.14 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.3599, 54.6447, 14.3195)
Luminance	0.5464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C14A #4A6AE1

analogous

#E1754A #E1C14A #B5E14A

triadic

#E1C14A #4AE1C1 #C14AE1

tetradic

#E1C14A #4AE175 #4A6AE1 #E14AB5

square

#E1C14A #4AE175 #4A6AE1 #E14AB5

split-complementary

#E1C14A #4AB5E1 #754AE1

monochromatic

#977D19 #CCA822 #E1C14A #EAD37E #F2E5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E1C14A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#E1C14A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C14A

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C14A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C14A	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)

#D5BE3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c14a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 193, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.140 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed382',
    500: '#e1c14a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c14a;
$custom-light: #eed382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c14a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.285,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81711,
    "c": 0.13956,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C14A

secondary

#344A9B

accent

#60EE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C14A

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

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