#E1C44E#E1C44E

#E1C44E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.139 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C44E
RGB	rgb(225, 196, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 65.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.64, -2.85, 60.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.64, 61.04, 92.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82.35% -0.0128 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(82.35% 0.139 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.1689, 56.0401, 15.2752)
Luminance	0.5604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C44E #4E6BE1

analogous

#E17B4E #E1C44E #B5E14E

triadic

#E1C44E #4EE1C4 #C44EE1

tetradic

#E1C44E #4EE17B #4E6BE1 #E14EB5

square

#E1C44E #4EE17B #4E6BE1 #E14EB5

split-complementary

#E1C44E #4EB5E1 #7B4EE1

monochromatic

#9A811A #CFAD23 #E1C44E #EAD582 #F3E7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E1C44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#E1C44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C44E

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C44E	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 196, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.139 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed585',
    500: '#e1c44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c44e;
$custom-light: #eed585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.163,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82354,
    "c": 0.1387,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C44E

secondary

#354A9E

accent

#5DEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C44E

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

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