#E1C455#E1C455

#E1C455 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.133 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C455
RGB	rgb(225, 196, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -2.41, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 58.06, 92.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.42% -0.0108 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(82.42% 0.133 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.4333, 56.1459, 16.6680)
Luminance	0.5614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C455 #5572E1

analogous

#E17E55 #E1C455 #B8E155

triadic

#E1C455 #55E1C4 #C455E1

tetradic

#E1C455 #55E17E #5572E1 #E155B8

square

#E1C455 #55E17E #5572E1 #E155B8

split-complementary

#E1C455 #55B8E1 #7E55E1

monochromatic

#9F841C #D3AF25 #E1C455 #EAD689 #F3E8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E1C455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#E1C455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C455

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C455	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 196, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.133 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed589',
    500: '#e1c455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c455;
$custom-light: #eed589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.571,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82421,
    "c": 0.13328,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C455

secondary

#384EA3

accent

#3BD214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C455

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

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