#E1C445#E1C445

#E1C445 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.145 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C445
RGB	rgb(225, 196, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 69.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -3.34, 64.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 64.66, 92.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.0153 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.145 96)
XYZ	xyz(51.8680, 55.9198, 13.6906)
Luminance	0.5592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C445 #4562E1

analogous

#E17645 #E1C445 #B0E145

triadic

#E1C445 #45E1C4 #C445E1

tetradic

#E1C445 #45E176 #4562E1 #E145B0

square

#E1C445 #45E176 #4562E1 #E145B0

split-complementary

#E1C445 #45B0E1 #7645E1

monochromatic

#947D18 #C8A920 #E1C445 #E9D57A #F2E5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E1C445 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#E1C445 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C445

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C445	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C445	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c445;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 196, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.145 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed580',
    500: '#e1c445',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c445;
$custom-light: #eed580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c445",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.846,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82278,
    "c": 0.14506,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.55917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C445

secondary

#324598

accent

#5BEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C445

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

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