#E1C448#E1C448

#E1C448 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.143 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C448
RGB	rgb(225, 196, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 68%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -3.18, 63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 63.48, 92.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% -0.0145 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.143 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.9635, 55.9580, 14.1935)
Luminance	0.5595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C448 #4865E1

analogous

#E17748 #E1C448 #B2E148

triadic

#E1C448 #48E1C4 #C448E1

tetradic

#E1C448 #48E177 #4865E1 #E148B2

square

#E1C448 #48E177 #4865E1 #E148B2

split-complementary

#E1C448 #48B2E1 #7748E1

monochromatic

#967E19 #CBAA21 #E1C448 #EAD57D #F2E6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E1C448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#E1C448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C448

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C448	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 196, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.143 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed581',
    500: '#e1c448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c448;
$custom-light: #eed581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.627,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82302,
    "c": 0.14302,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C448

secondary

#33479A

accent

#5CEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C448

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

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