#E1C356#E1C356

#E1C356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.132 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C356
RGB	rgb(225, 195, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -1.83, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 57.32, 91.83°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.009 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.132 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.2485, 55.7123, 16.8038)
Luminance	0.5571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C356 #5674E1

analogous

#E17D56 #E1C356 #BAE156

triadic

#E1C356 #56E1C3 #C356E1

tetradic

#E1C356 #56E17D #5674E1 #E156BA

square

#E1C356 #56E17D #5674E1 #E156BA

split-complementary

#E1C356 #56BAE1 #7D56E1

monochromatic

#A0841C #D4AE26 #E1C356 #EAD58A #F3E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E1C356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#E1C356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C356

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C356	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)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 195, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.132 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed48a',
    500: '#e1c356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c356;
$custom-light: #eed48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.05,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82228,
    "c": 0.13176,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C356

secondary

#384FA3

accent

#3DD214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C356

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

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