#E1C24A#E1C24A

#E1C24A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.140 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C24A
RGB	rgb(225, 194, 74)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 67.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -2.04, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 62.10, 91.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.011 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.14 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.5817, 55.0883, 14.3934)
Luminance	0.5509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C24A #4A69E1

analogous

#E1764A #E1C24A #B4E14A

triadic

#E1C24A #4AE1C2 #C24AE1

tetradic

#E1C24A #4AE176 #4A69E1 #E14AB4

square

#E1C24A #4AE176 #4A69E1 #E14AB4

split-complementary

#E1C24A #4AB4E1 #764AE1

monochromatic

#977E19 #CCA922 #E1C24A #EAD47E #F2E5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E1C24A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#E1C24A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C24A

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C24A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C24A	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c24a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 194, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.140 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed482',
    500: '#e1c24a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c24a;
$custom-light: #eed482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c24a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.682,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81913,
    "c": 0.14023,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C24A

secondary

#34499B

accent

#5FEE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C24A

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

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