#E1C25C#E1C25C

#E1C25C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.126 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C25C
RGB	rgb(225, 194, 92)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 59.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, -0.90, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 54.35, 90.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.09% -0.0056 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(82.09% 0.126 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.2772, 55.3665, 18.0563)
Luminance	0.5536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C25C #5C7BE1

analogous

#E1805C #E1C25C #BEE15C

triadic

#E1C25C #5CE1C2 #C25CE1

tetradic

#E1C25C #5CE180 #5C7BE1 #E15CBE

square

#E1C25C #5CE180 #5C7BE1 #E15CBE

split-complementary

#E1C25C #5CBEE1 #805CE1

monochromatic

#A4851E #D7AF28 #E1C25C #EBD590 #F4E9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E1C25C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#E1C25C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C25C

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C25C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C25C	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c25c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 194, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.126 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd48d',
    500: '#e1c25c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c25c;
$custom-light: #edd48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c25c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.015,
    "s": 68.912,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82091,
    "c": 0.12605,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C25C

secondary

#3A54A7

accent

#41D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C25C

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

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