#E1C24D#E1C24D

#E1C24D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.138 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C24D
RGB	rgb(225, 194, 77)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 65.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, -1.87, 60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 60.87, 91.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.0101 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.138 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.6852, 55.1297, 14.9384)
Luminance	0.5513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C24D #4D6CE1

analogous

#E1784D #E1C24D #B6E14D

triadic

#E1C24D #4DE1C2 #C24DE1

tetradic

#E1C24D #4DE178 #4D6CE1 #E14DB6

square

#E1C24D #4DE178 #4D6CE1 #E14DB6

split-complementary

#E1C24D #4DB6E1 #784DE1

monochromatic

#9A7F1A #CEAA23 #E1C24D #EAD481 #F3E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E1C24D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#E1C24D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C24D

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C24D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C24D	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c24d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 194, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.138 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed484',
    500: '#e1c24d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c24d;
$custom-light: #eed484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c24d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.432,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8194,
    "c": 0.13805,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C24D

secondary

#354B9D

accent

#60EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C24D

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

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