#E1C249#E1C249

#E1C249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.141 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C249
RGB	rgb(225, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -2.10, 62.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 62.51, 91.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.0112 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.141 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.5483, 55.0749, 14.2174)
Luminance	0.5507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C249 #4968E1

analogous

#E17649 #E1C249 #B4E149

triadic

#E1C249 #49E1C2 #C249E1

tetradic

#E1C249 #49E176 #4968E1 #E149B4

square

#E1C249 #49E176 #4968E1 #E149B4

split-complementary

#E1C249 #49B4E1 #7649E1

monochromatic

#977D19 #CBA922 #E1C249 #EAD47E #F2E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E1C249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#E1C249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C249

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C249	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)

#D5BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.141 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed482',
    500: '#e1c249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c249;
$custom-light: #eed482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.763,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81905,
    "c": 0.14094,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C249

secondary

#33489B

accent

#5EEE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C249

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

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