#E1C157#E1C157

#E1C157 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.130 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C157
RGB	rgb(225, 193, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -0.73, 56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 56.29, 90.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.0057 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.13 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.8440, 54.8383, 16.8691)
Luminance	0.5484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C157 #5777E1

analogous

#E17C57 #E1C157 #BCE157

triadic

#E1C157 #57E1C1 #C157E1

tetradic

#E1C157 #57E17C #5777E1 #E157BC

square

#E1C157 #57E17C #5777E1 #E157BC

split-complementary

#E1C157 #57BCE1 #7C57E1

monochromatic

#A1821D #D5AC26 #E1C157 #EAD48B #F4E7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E1C157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#E1C157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C157

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C157	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 193, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.130 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed38a',
    500: '#e1c157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c157;
$custom-light: #eed38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.087,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81835,
    "c": 0.12956,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C157

secondary

#3851A4

accent

#40D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C157

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

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