#E1C255#E1C255

#E1C255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.132 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C255
RGB	rgb(225, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -1.38, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 57.46, 91.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% -0.0078 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.132 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.9852, 55.2497, 16.5186)
Luminance	0.5525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C255 #5574E1

analogous

#E17C55 #E1C255 #BAE155

triadic

#E1C255 #55E1C2 #C255E1

tetradic

#E1C255 #55E17C #5574E1 #E155BA

square

#E1C255 #55E17C #5574E1 #E155BA

split-complementary

#E1C255 #55BAE1 #7C55E1

monochromatic

#9F821C #D3AD25 #E1C255 #EAD589 #F3E7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E1C255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#E1C255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C255

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C255	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.132 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed489',
    500: '#e1c255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c255;
$custom-light: #eed489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.714,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82016,
    "c": 0.13187,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C255

secondary

#384FA3

accent

#3ED214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C255

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

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