#E1C242#E1C242

#E1C242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.146 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C242
RGB	rgb(225, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -2.46, 65.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 65.26, 92.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.0131 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.146 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.3291, 54.9872, 13.0632)
Luminance	0.5498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C242 #4261E1

analogous

#E17342 #E1C242 #B1E142

triadic

#E1C242 #42E1C2 #C242E1

tetradic

#E1C242 #42E173 #4261E1 #E142B1

square

#E1C242 #42E173 #4261E1 #E142B1

split-complementary

#E1C242 #42B1E1 #7342E1

monochromatic

#927A17 #C6A61F #E1C242 #E9D377 #F2E4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E1C242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#E1C242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C242

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C242	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)

#D6BE2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.146 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed47e',
    500: '#e1c242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c242;
$custom-light: #eed47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.302,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81849,
    "c": 0.14566,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C242

secondary

#314596

accent

#5CEF38

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C242

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

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