#E1C457#E1C457

#E1C457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.132 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C457
RGB	rgb(225, 196, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -2.28, 57.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 57.18, 92.29°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% -0.0101 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.132 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.5139, 56.1781, 17.0924)
Luminance	0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C457 #5774E1

analogous

#E17F57 #E1C457 #B9E157

triadic

#E1C457 #57E1C4 #C457E1

tetradic

#E1C457 #57E17F #5774E1 #E157B9

square

#E1C457 #57E17F #5774E1 #E157B9

split-complementary

#E1C457 #57B9E1 #7F57E1

monochromatic

#A1851D #D5B026 #E1C457 #EAD68B #F4E8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E1C457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#E1C457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C457

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C457	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 196, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.132 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed58a',
    500: '#e1c457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c457;
$custom-light: #eed58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.391,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82441,
    "c": 0.13165,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C457

secondary

#384FA4

accent

#3CD214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C457

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

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