#E1C355#E1C355

#E1C355 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.133 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C355
RGB	rgb(225, 195, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -1.90, 57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 57.76, 91.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.0093 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.133 94)
XYZ	xyz(52.2085, 55.6963, 16.5931)
Luminance	0.5569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C355 #5573E1

analogous

#E17D55 #E1C355 #B9E155

triadic

#E1C355 #55E1C3 #C355E1

tetradic

#E1C355 #55E17D #5573E1 #E155B9

square

#E1C355 #55E17D #5573E1 #E155B9

split-complementary

#E1C355 #55B9E1 #7D55E1

monochromatic

#9F831C #D3AE25 #E1C355 #EAD589 #F3E8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E1C355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#E1C355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C355

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C355	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 195, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.133 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed489',
    500: '#e1c355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c355;
$custom-light: #eed489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82218,
    "c": 0.13257,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.55694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C355

secondary

#384FA3

accent

#3CD214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C355

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

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