#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
RGBrgb(225, 196, 75)
HSLhsl(48, 71%, 59%)
HSVhsv(48, 67%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12.9%, 66.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(79.61, -3.02, 62.20)
CIE-LCHlch(79.61, 62.27, 92.78°)
OKLaboklab(82.33% -0.0137 0.1402)
OKLCHoklch(82.33% 0.141 95.6)
XYZxyz(52.0638, 55.9981, 14.7216)
Luminance0.5599 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##E1C44B1.001.7212.2012.20
#FFFFFF1.721.0021.0021.00
#00000012.2021.001.001.00
##00000012.2021.001.001.00

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

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#E1C44B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva