#E1C248#E1C248

#E1C248 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.142 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C248
RGB	rgb(225, 194, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 68%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -2.15, 62.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 62.91, 91.96°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% -0.0115 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.142 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.5154, 55.0618, 14.0442)
Luminance	0.5506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C248 #4867E1

analogous

#E17548 #E1C248 #B3E148

triadic

#E1C248 #48E1C2 #C248E1

tetradic

#E1C248 #48E175 #4867E1 #E148B3

square

#E1C248 #48E175 #4867E1 #E148B3

split-complementary

#E1C248 #48B3E1 #7548E1

monochromatic

#967D19 #CBA821 #E1C248 #EAD47D #F2E5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E1C248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#E1C248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C248

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C248	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 194, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.142 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed481',
    500: '#e1c248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c248;
$custom-light: #eed481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.843,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81896,
    "c": 0.14164,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C248

secondary

#33489A

accent

#5EEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C248

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

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