#E1C262#E1C262

#E1C262 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.121 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C262
RGB	rgb(225, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 56.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, -0.46, 51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 51.62, 90.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.0036 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.121 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.5499, 55.4756, 19.4928)
Luminance	0.5547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C262 #6281E1

analogous

#E18262 #E1C262 #C0E162

triadic

#E1C262 #62E1C2 #C262E1

tetradic

#E1C262 #62E182 #6281E1 #E162C0

square

#E1C262 #62E182 #6281E1 #E162C0

split-complementary

#E1C262 #62C0E1 #8262E1

monochromatic

#A88720 #D7AE2F #E1C262 #EBD695 #F5EAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E1C262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#E1C262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C262

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C262	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.121 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd491',
    500: '#e1c262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c262;
$custom-light: #edd491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.354,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8216,
    "c": 0.12078,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C262

secondary

#3D57AB

accent

#43D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C262

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

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