#E1C14B#E1C14B

#E1C14B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.139 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C14B
RGB	rgb(225, 193, 75)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 66.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.84, -1.47, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.84, 61.41, 91.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0092 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.139 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.3938, 54.6582, 14.4983)
Luminance	0.5465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C14B #4B6BE1

analogous

#E1764B #E1C14B #B6E14B

triadic

#E1C14B #4BE1C1 #C14BE1

tetradic

#E1C14B #4BE176 #4B6BE1 #E14BB6

square

#E1C14B #4BE176 #4B6BE1 #E14BB6

split-complementary

#E1C14B #4BB6E1 #764BE1

monochromatic

#987D19 #CDA822 #E1C14B #EAD37F #F2E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E1C14B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#E1C14B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C14B

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C14B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C14B	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)

#D4BE3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c14b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 193, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.139 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed383',
    500: '#e1c14b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c14b;
$custom-light: #eed383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c14b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.2,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8172,
    "c": 0.13884,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C14B

secondary

#344A9C

accent

#60EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C14B

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

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