#E1C450#E1C450

#E1C450 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.137 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C450
RGB	rgb(225, 196, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 64.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -2.73, 60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 60.20, 92.60°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% -0.0122 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.137 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.2417, 56.0692, 15.6586)
Luminance	0.5607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C450 #506DE1

analogous

#E17C50 #E1C450 #B6E150

triadic

#E1C450 #50E1C4 #C450E1

tetradic

#E1C450 #50E17C #506DE1 #E150B6

square

#E1C450 #50E17C #506DE1 #E150B6

split-complementary

#E1C450 #50B6E1 #7C50E1

monochromatic

#9C821B #D0AE24 #E1C450 #EAD684 #F3E7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E1C450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#E1C450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C450

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C450	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)

#D7C042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 196, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.137 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed586',
    500: '#e1c450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c450;
$custom-light: #eed586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82372,
    "c": 0.13719,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C450

secondary

#364B9F

accent

#5EED3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C450

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

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