#E1C458#E1C458

#E1C458 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.131 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C458
RGB	rgb(225, 196, 88)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 60.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -2.22, 56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 56.74, 92.24°)
OKLab	oklab(82.45% -0.0098 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(82.45% 0.131 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.5550, 56.1946, 17.3090)
Luminance	0.5619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C458 #5875E1

analogous

#E18058 #E1C458 #BAE158

triadic

#E1C458 #58E1C4 #C458E1

tetradic

#E1C458 #58E180 #5875E1 #E158BA

square

#E1C458 #58E180 #5875E1 #E158BA

split-complementary

#E1C458 #58BAE1 #8058E1

monochromatic

#A2861D #D5B026 #E1C458 #EAD68C #F4E9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E1C458 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#E1C458 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C458

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C458	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C458	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)

#D6C04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c458;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 196, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.131 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd58b',
    500: '#e1c458',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c458;
$custom-light: #edd58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c458",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.299,
    "s": 69.543,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82451,
    "c": 0.13083,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C458

secondary

#3950A4

accent

#3CD214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C458

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

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