#E1C350#E1C350

#E1C350 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.136 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C350
RGB	rgb(225, 195, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 64.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, -2.21, 59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 59.90, 92.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.17% -0.0108 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(82.17% 0.136 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.0169, 55.6196, 15.5837)
Luminance	0.5562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C350 #506EE1

analogous

#E17A50 #E1C350 #B7E150

triadic

#E1C350 #50E1C3 #C350E1

tetradic

#E1C350 #50E17A #506EE1 #E150B7

square

#E1C350 #50E17A #506EE1 #E150B7

split-complementary

#E1C350 #50B7E1 #7A50E1

monochromatic

#9C811B #D0AC24 #E1C350 #EAD584 #F3E7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E1C350 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#E1C350 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C350

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C350	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C350	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c350;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 195, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.136 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed486',
    500: '#e1c350',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c350;
$custom-light: #eed486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c350",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8217,
    "c": 0.13649,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C350

secondary

#364C9F

accent

#5FED3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C350

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

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