#E1C253#E1C253

#E1C253 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.133 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C253
RGB	rgb(225, 194, 83)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 63.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, -1.51, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 58.33, 91.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82% -0.0084 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.133 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.9069, 55.2184, 16.1061)
Luminance	0.5522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C253 #5372E1

analogous

#E17B53 #E1C253 #B9E153

triadic

#E1C253 #53E1C2 #C253E1

tetradic

#E1C253 #53E17B #5372E1 #E153B9

square

#E1C253 #53E17B #5372E1 #E153B9

split-complementary

#E1C253 #53B9E1 #7B53E1

monochromatic

#9E821C #D2AC25 #E1C253 #EAD487 #F3E7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E1C253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#E1C253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C253

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C253	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 194, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.133 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed488',
    500: '#e1c253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c253;
$custom-light: #eed488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.901,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81996,
    "c": 0.13346,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C253

secondary

#374EA1

accent

#3DD213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C253

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

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