#E1C160#E1C160

#E1C160 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.122 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C160
RGB	rgb(225, 193, 96)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 57.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.04, -0.09, 52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.04, 52.24, 90.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.0027 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.122 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.2349, 54.9947, 18.9277)
Luminance	0.5499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C160 #6080E1

analogous

#E18060 #E1C160 #C1E160

triadic

#E1C160 #60E1C1 #C160E1

tetradic

#E1C160 #60E180 #6080E1 #E160C1

square

#E1C160 #60E180 #6080E1 #E160C1

split-complementary

#E1C160 #60C1E1 #8060E1

monochromatic

#A78520 #D7AD2D #E1C160 #EBD593 #F4E9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E1C160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#E1C160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C160

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C160	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 193, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.122 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd390',
    500: '#e1c160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c160;
$custom-light: #edd390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.116,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81935,
    "c": 0.12189,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C160

secondary

#3C57A9

accent

#44D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C160

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

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