#E1C452#E1C452

#E1C452 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.136 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C452
RGB	rgb(225, 196, 82)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 63.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -2.60, 59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 59.35, 92.52°)
OKLab	oklab(82.39% -0.0117 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(82.39% 0.136 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.3167, 56.0992, 16.0536)
Luminance	0.5610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C452 #526FE1

analogous

#E17C52 #E1C452 #B7E152

triadic

#E1C452 #52E1C4 #C452E1

tetradic

#E1C452 #52E17C #526FE1 #E152B7

square

#E1C452 #52E17C #526FE1 #E152B7

split-complementary

#E1C452 #52B7E1 #7C52E1

monochromatic

#9D831B #D1AE24 #E1C452 #EAD686 #F3E8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E1C452 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#E1C452 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C452

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C452	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C452	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c452;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 196, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.136 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed587',
    500: '#e1c452',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c452;
$custom-light: #eed587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c452",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.832,
    "s": 70.443,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82391,
    "c": 0.13565,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C452

secondary

#374CA1

accent

#3AD213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C452

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

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