#E1C24B#E1C24B

#E1C24B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.140 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C24B
RGB	rgb(225, 194, 75)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 66.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.10, -1.98, 61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.10, 61.70, 91.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.0107 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.14 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.6156, 55.1019, 14.5722)
Luminance	0.5510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C24B #4B6AE1

analogous

#E1774B #E1C24B #B5E14B

triadic

#E1C24B #4BE1C2 #C24BE1

tetradic

#E1C24B #4BE177 #4B6AE1 #E14BB5

square

#E1C24B #4BE177 #4B6AE1 #E14BB5

split-complementary

#E1C24B #4BB5E1 #774BE1

monochromatic

#987E19 #CDA922 #E1C24B #EAD47F #F2E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E1C24B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#E1C24B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C24B

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C24B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C24B	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)

#D5BE3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c24b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 194, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.140 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed483',
    500: '#e1c24b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c24b;
$custom-light: #eed483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c24b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.6,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81922,
    "c": 0.13951,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C24B

secondary

#344A9C

accent

#5FEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C24B

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

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