#E1C44B#E1C44B

#E1C44B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.141 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C44B
RGB	rgb(225, 196, 75)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 66.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -3.02, 62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 62.27, 92.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% -0.0137 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.141 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.0638, 55.9981, 14.7216)
Luminance	0.5599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C44B #4B68E1

analogous

#E1794B #E1C44B #B3E14B

triadic

#E1C44B #4BE1C4 #C44BE1

tetradic

#E1C44B #4BE179 #4B68E1 #E14BB3

square

#E1C44B #4BE179 #4B68E1 #E14BB3

split-complementary

#E1C44B #4BB3E1 #794BE1

monochromatic

#988019 #CDAC22 #E1C44B #EAD57F #F2E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E1C44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#E1C44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C44B

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C44B	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)

#D7C03C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 196, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.141 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed583',
    500: '#e1c44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c44b;
$custom-light: #eed583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.4,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82327,
    "c": 0.1409,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C44B

secondary

#34489C

accent

#5DEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C44B

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

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