#E1C358#E1C358
#E1C358 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.130 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E1C358 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(225, 195, 88) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 70%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 61%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 60.9%, 11.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.47, -1.70, 56.41) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.47, 56.44, 91.73°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.25% -0.0083 0.1299) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.25% 0.13 93.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.3302, 55.7450, 17.2341) |
| Luminance | 0.5574 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.95
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.04
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.64
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 5.05
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.80
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.96
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E1C358 #5876E1
analogous
#E17F58 #E1C358 #BBE158
triadic
#E1C358 #58E1C3 #C358E1
tetradic
#E1C358 #58E17F #5876E1 #E158BB
square
#E1C358 #58E17F #5876E1 #E158BB
split-complementary
#E1C358 #58BBE1 #7F58E1
monochromatic
#A2851D #D5AF26 #E1C358 #EAD68C #F4E8C0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.73
#E1C358 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.15
#E1C358 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E1C358
12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E1C358 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E1C358 | 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)
#D6C04D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DDC95D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2B5AC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C5C5C5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e1c358; /* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 195, 88); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.130 93.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eed48b',
500: '#e1c358',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e1c358; $custom-light: #eed48b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e1c358",
"rgb": {
"r": 225,
"g": 195,
"b": 88
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.861,
"s": 69.543,
"l": 61.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82249,
"c": 0.13012,
"h": 93.7
},
"luminance": 0.55742
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E1C358
secondary
#3950A4
accent
#3DD214
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F