#E1C250#E1C250

#E1C250 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.136 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C250
RGB	rgb(225, 194, 80)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 64.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -1.69, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 59.61, 91.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.0093 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.136 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.7935, 55.1730, 15.5092)
Luminance	0.5517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C250 #506FE1

analogous

#E17950 #E1C250 #B8E150

triadic

#E1C250 #50E1C2 #C250E1

tetradic

#E1C250 #50E179 #506FE1 #E150B8

square

#E1C250 #50E179 #506FE1 #E150B8

split-complementary

#E1C250 #50B8E1 #7950E1

monochromatic

#9C801B #D0AB24 #E1C250 #EAD484 #F3E6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E1C250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#E1C250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C250

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C250	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)

#D5BF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 194, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.136 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed486',
    500: '#e1c250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c250;
$custom-light: #eed486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.172,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81967,
    "c": 0.1358,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C250

secondary

#364C9F

accent

#61ED3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C250

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

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