#E1C357#E1C357

#E1C357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.131 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C357
RGB	rgb(225, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -1.77, 56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 56.88, 91.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.0087 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.131 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.2891, 55.7285, 17.0174)
Luminance	0.5573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C357 #5775E1

analogous

#E17E57 #E1C357 #BAE157

triadic

#E1C357 #57E1C3 #C357E1

tetradic

#E1C357 #57E17E #5775E1 #E157BA

square

#E1C357 #57E17E #5775E1 #E157BA

split-complementary

#E1C357 #57BAE1 #7E57E1

monochromatic

#A1841D #D5AF26 #E1C357 #EAD68B #F4E8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E1C357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#E1C357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C357

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C357	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.131 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed48a',
    500: '#e1c357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c357;
$custom-light: #eed48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82239,
    "c": 0.13095,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C357

secondary

#3850A4

accent

#3DD214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C357

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

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