#E1C151#E1C151

#E1C151 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.134 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C151
RGB	rgb(225, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.89, -1.11, 58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.89, 58.90, 91.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.0075 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.134 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.6090, 54.7443, 15.6313)
Luminance	0.5474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C151 #5171E1

analogous

#E17951 #E1C151 #B9E151

triadic

#E1C151 #51E1C1 #C151E1

tetradic

#E1C151 #51E179 #5171E1 #E151B9

square

#E1C151 #51E179 #5171E1 #E151B9

split-complementary

#E1C151 #51B9E1 #7951E1

monochromatic

#9D801B #D1AA24 #E1C151 #EAD485 #F3E6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E1C151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#E1C151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C151

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C151	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)

#D4BE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.134 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed386',
    500: '#e1c151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c151;
$custom-light: #eed386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81775,
    "c": 0.13435,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C151

secondary

#364EA0

accent

#62ED3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C151

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

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