#E1C342#E1C342

#E1C342 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.146 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C342
RGB	rgb(225, 195, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, -2.97, 65.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 65.53, 92.60°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.0145 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.146 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.5524, 55.4339, 13.1376)
Luminance	0.5543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C342 #4260E1

analogous

#E17342 #E1C342 #B0E142

triadic

#E1C342 #42E1C3 #C342E1

tetradic

#E1C342 #42E173 #4260E1 #E142B0

square

#E1C342 #42E173 #4260E1 #E142B0

split-complementary

#E1C342 #42B0E1 #7342E1

monochromatic

#927A17 #C6A71F #E1C342 #E9D477 #F2E5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E1C342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#E1C342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C342

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C342	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)

#D7BF2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 195, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.146 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed47e',
    500: '#e1c342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c342;
$custom-light: #eed47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.679,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82051,
    "c": 0.14633,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C342

secondary

#314496

accent

#5BEF38

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C342

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

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