#E1C263#E1C263

#E1C263 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.120 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C263
RGB	rgb(225, 194, 99)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 56%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.33, -0.39, 51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.33, 51.16, 90.43°)
OKLab	oklab(82.17% -0.0032 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(82.17% 0.12 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.5974, 55.4946, 19.7430)
Luminance	0.5549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C263 #6382E1

analogous

#E18363 #E1C263 #C1E163

triadic

#E1C263 #63E1C2 #C263E1

tetradic

#E1C263 #63E183 #6382E1 #E163C1

square

#E1C263 #63E183 #6382E1 #E163C1

split-complementary

#E1C263 #63C1E1 #8363E1

monochromatic

#A98721 #D7AE30 #E1C263 #EBD696 #F5EACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E1C263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#E1C263 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C263

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C263	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 194, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.120 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd492',
    500: '#e1c263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c263;
$custom-light: #edd492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.238,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82172,
    "c": 0.11988,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C263

secondary

#3D58AB

accent

#44D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C263

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

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