#E1C44C#E1C44C

#E1C44C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.140 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C44C
RGB	rgb(225, 196, 76)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 66.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -2.96, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 61.86, 92.74°)
OKLab	oklab(82.34% -0.0134 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(82.34% 0.14 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.0982, 56.0119, 14.9033)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C44C #4C69E1

analogous

#E17A4C #E1C44C #B4E14C

triadic

#E1C44C #4CE1C4 #C44CE1

tetradic

#E1C44C #4CE17A #4C69E1 #E14CB4

square

#E1C44C #4CE17A #4C69E1 #E14CB4

split-complementary

#E1C44C #4CB4E1 #7A4CE1

monochromatic

#99801A #CDAC22 #E1C44C #EAD580 #F3E7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E1C44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#E1C44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C44C

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C44C	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)

#D7C03D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 196, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.140 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed584',
    500: '#e1c44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c44c;
$custom-light: #eed584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.322,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82336,
    "c": 0.14017,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C44C

secondary

#34499D

accent

#5DEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C44C

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

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