#E1C44D#E1C44D

#E1C44D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.139 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C44D
RGB	rgb(225, 196, 77)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 65.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -2.90, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 61.45, 92.71°)
OKLab	oklab(82.35% -0.0131 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(82.35% 0.139 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.1333, 56.0259, 15.0878)
Luminance	0.5602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C44D #4D6AE1

analogous

#E17A4D #E1C44D #B4E14D

triadic

#E1C44D #4DE1C4 #C44DE1

tetradic

#E1C44D #4DE17A #4D6AE1 #E14DB4

square

#E1C44D #4DE17A #4D6AE1 #E14DB4

split-complementary

#E1C44D #4DB4E1 #7A4DE1

monochromatic

#9A811A #CEAC23 #E1C44D #EAD581 #F3E7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E1C44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#E1C44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C44D

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C44D	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)

#D7C03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 196, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.139 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed584',
    500: '#e1c44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c44d;
$custom-light: #eed584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.243,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82345,
    "c": 0.13944,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C44D

secondary

#35499D

accent

#5DEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C44D

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

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