#E1C259#E1C259

#E1C259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.129 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C259
RGB	rgb(225, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.22, -1.11, 55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.22, 55.70, 91.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.06% -0.0065 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(82.06% 0.129 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.1486, 55.3151, 17.3793)
Luminance	0.5531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C259 #5978E1

analogous

#E17E59 #E1C259 #BCE159

triadic

#E1C259 #59E1C2 #C259E1

tetradic

#E1C259 #59E17E #5978E1 #E159BC

square

#E1C259 #59E17E #5978E1 #E159BC

split-complementary

#E1C259 #59BCE1 #7E59E1

monochromatic

#A2841D #D6AE27 #E1C259 #EAD58D #F4E8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E1C259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#E1C259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C259

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C259	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.129 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd48b',
    500: '#e1c259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c259;
$custom-light: #edd48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.324,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82058,
    "c": 0.1286,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C259

secondary

#3952A5

accent

#3FD114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C259

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

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