#E1C349#E1C349

#E1C349 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.142 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C349
RGB	rgb(225, 195, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, -2.61, 62.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 62.79, 92.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% -0.0127 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.142 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.7716, 55.5215, 14.2918)
Luminance	0.5552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C349 #4967E1

analogous

#E17749 #E1C349 #B3E149

triadic

#E1C349 #49E1C3 #C349E1

tetradic

#E1C349 #49E177 #4967E1 #E149B3

square

#E1C349 #49E177 #4967E1 #E149B3

split-complementary

#E1C349 #49B3E1 #7749E1

monochromatic

#977E19 #CBAA22 #E1C349 #EAD47E #F2E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E1C349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#E1C349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C349

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C349	1.00	1.73	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.73	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)

#D6BF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 195, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.142 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed482',
    500: '#e1c349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c349;
$custom-light: #eed482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.158,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82107,
    "c": 0.14162,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C349

secondary

#33489B

accent

#5DEE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C349

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

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