#E1C24C#E1C24C

#E1C24C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.139 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C24C
RGB	rgb(225, 194, 76)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 66.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -1.93, 61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 61.28, 91.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% -0.0104 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.139 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.6501, 55.1157, 14.7539)
Luminance	0.5511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C24C #4C6BE1

analogous

#E1784C #E1C24C #B6E14C

triadic

#E1C24C #4CE1C2 #C24CE1

tetradic

#E1C24C #4CE178 #4C6BE1 #E14CB6

square

#E1C24C #4CE178 #4C6BE1 #E14CB6

split-complementary

#E1C24C #4CB6E1 #784CE1

monochromatic

#997E1A #CDAA22 #E1C24C #EAD480 #F3E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E1C24C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#E1C24C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C24C

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C24C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C24C	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)

#D5BE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c24c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 194, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.139 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed484',
    500: '#e1c24c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c24c;
$custom-light: #eed484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c24c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.517,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81931,
    "c": 0.13878,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C24C

secondary

#344A9D

accent

#5FEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C24C

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

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