#E1C44A#E1C44A

#E1C44A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.142 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C44A
RGB	rgb(225, 196, 74)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 67.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -3.07, 62.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 62.68, 92.81°)
OKLab	oklab(82.32% -0.0139 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(82.32% 0.142 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.0298, 55.9845, 14.5428)
Luminance	0.5598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C44A #4A67E1

analogous

#E1784A #E1C44A #B2E14A

triadic

#E1C44A #4AE1C4 #C44AE1

tetradic

#E1C44A #4AE178 #4A67E1 #E14AB2

square

#E1C44A #4AE178 #4A67E1 #E14AB2

split-complementary

#E1C44A #4AB2E1 #784AE1

monochromatic

#977F19 #CCAB22 #E1C44A #EAD57E #F2E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E1C44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#E1C44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C44A

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C44A	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C03A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 196, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.142 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed583',
    500: '#e1c44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c44a;
$custom-light: #eed583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.477,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82319,
    "c": 0.14162,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C44A

secondary

#34489B

accent

#5CEE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C44A

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

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