#E1C24F#E1C24F

#E1C24F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.137 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C24F
RGB	rgb(225, 194, 79)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 64.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -1.75, 60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 60.03, 91.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% -0.0096 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.137 94)
XYZ	xyz(51.7569, 55.1584, 15.3161)
Luminance	0.5516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C24F #4F6EE1

analogous

#E1794F #E1C24F #B7E14F

triadic

#E1C24F #4FE1C2 #C24FE1

tetradic

#E1C24F #4FE179 #4F6EE1 #E14FB7

square

#E1C24F #4FE179 #4F6EE1 #E14FB7

split-complementary

#E1C24F #4FB7E1 #794FE1

monochromatic

#9B801A #CFAB23 #E1C24F #EAD483 #F3E6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E1C24F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#E1C24F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C24F

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C24F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C24F	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)

#D5BF41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c24f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 194, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.137 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed485',
    500: '#e1c24f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c24f;
$custom-light: #eed485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c24f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.26,
    "s": 70.874,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81958,
    "c": 0.13656,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.55156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C24F

secondary

#354C9F

accent

#60EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C24F

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

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