#E1C256#E1C256

#E1C256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.131 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C256
RGB	rgb(225, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, -1.31, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 57.02, 91.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.03% -0.0075 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(82.03% 0.131 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.0252, 55.2657, 16.7293)
Luminance	0.5526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C256 #5675E1

analogous

#E17C56 #E1C256 #BAE156

triadic

#E1C256 #56E1C2 #C256E1

tetradic

#E1C256 #56E17C #5675E1 #E156BA

square

#E1C256 #56E17C #5675E1 #E156BA

split-complementary

#E1C256 #56BAE1 #7C56E1

monochromatic

#A0831C #D4AD26 #E1C256 #EAD58A #F3E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E1C256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#E1C256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C256

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C256	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)

#D5BF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.131 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed48a',
    500: '#e1c256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c256;
$custom-light: #eed48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.619,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82026,
    "c": 0.13106,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C256

secondary

#3850A3

accent

#3ED214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C256

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

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