#E1C24E#E1C24E

#E1C24E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.137 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C24E
RGB	rgb(225, 194, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 65.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, -1.81, 60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 60.45, 91.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.0099 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.137 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.7208, 55.1439, 15.1258)
Luminance	0.5514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C24E #4E6DE1

analogous

#E1794E #E1C24E #B7E14E

triadic

#E1C24E #4EE1C2 #C24EE1

tetradic

#E1C24E #4EE179 #4E6DE1 #E14EB7

square

#E1C24E #4EE179 #4E6DE1 #E14EB7

split-complementary

#E1C24E #4EB7E1 #794EE1

monochromatic

#9A7F1A #CFAB23 #E1C24E #EAD482 #F3E6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E1C24E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#E1C24E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C24E

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C24E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C24E	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)

#D5BF40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c24e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 194, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.137 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed485',
    500: '#e1c24e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c24e;
$custom-light: #eed485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c24e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.347,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81949,
    "c": 0.1373,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C24E

secondary

#354B9E

accent

#60EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C24E

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

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