#E1C456#E1C456

#E1C456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.132 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C456
RGB	rgb(225, 196, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -2.35, 57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 57.62, 92.34°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% -0.0105 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.132 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.4733, 56.1619, 16.8787)
Luminance	0.5616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C456 #5673E1

analogous

#E17E56 #E1C456 #B8E156

triadic

#E1C456 #56E1C4 #C456E1

tetradic

#E1C456 #56E17E #5673E1 #E156B8

square

#E1C456 #56E17E #5673E1 #E156B8

split-complementary

#E1C456 #56B8E1 #7E56E1

monochromatic

#A0851C #D4B026 #E1C456 #EAD68A #F3E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E1C456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#E1C456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C456

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C456	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)

#D7C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 196, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.132 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed58a',
    500: '#e1c456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c456;
$custom-light: #eed58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.482,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82431,
    "c": 0.13246,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C456

secondary

#384EA3

accent

#3BD214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C456

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

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