#E1C150#E1C150

#E1C150 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.135 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C150
RGB	rgb(225, 193, 80)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 64.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.89, -1.17, 59.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.89, 59.32, 91.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.0078 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.135 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.5717, 54.7294, 15.4353)
Luminance	0.5473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C150 #5070E1

analogous

#E17950 #E1C150 #B8E150

triadic

#E1C150 #50E1C1 #C150E1

tetradic

#E1C150 #50E179 #5070E1 #E150B8

square

#E1C150 #50E179 #5070E1 #E150B8

split-complementary

#E1C150 #50B8E1 #7950E1

monochromatic

#9C7F1B #D0AA24 #E1C150 #EAD484 #F3E6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E1C150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#E1C150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C150

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C150	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 193, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.135 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed386',
    500: '#e1c150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c150;
$custom-light: #eed386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.759,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81765,
    "c": 0.13511,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C150

secondary

#364D9F

accent

#62ED3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C150

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

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