#E1C44F#E1C44F

#E1C44F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.138 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C44F
RGB	rgb(225, 196, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 64.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.64, -2.79, 60.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.64, 60.62, 92.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.36% -0.0125 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(82.36% 0.138 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.2050, 56.0546, 15.4654)
Luminance	0.5605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C44F #4F6CE1

analogous

#E17B4F #E1C44F #B5E14F

triadic

#E1C44F #4FE1C4 #C44FE1

tetradic

#E1C44F #4FE17B #4F6CE1 #E14FB5

square

#E1C44F #4FE17B #4F6CE1 #E14FB5

split-complementary

#E1C44F #4FB5E1 #7B4FE1

monochromatic

#9B821A #CFAD23 #E1C44F #EAD683 #F3E7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E1C44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#E1C44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C44F

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C44F	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)

#D7C041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 196, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.138 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed585',
    500: '#e1c44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c44f;
$custom-light: #eed585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.082,
    "s": 70.874,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82363,
    "c": 0.13795,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C44F

secondary

#354A9F

accent

#5EEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C44F

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

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