#E1C459#E1C459

#E1C459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.130 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C459
RGB	rgb(225, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -2.15, 56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 56.30, 92.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% -0.0095 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.13 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.5967, 56.2113, 17.5287)
Luminance	0.5621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C459 #5976E1

analogous

#E18059 #E1C459 #BAE159

triadic

#E1C459 #59E1C4 #C459E1

tetradic

#E1C459 #59E180 #5976E1 #E159BA

square

#E1C459 #59E180 #5976E1 #E159BA

split-complementary

#E1C459 #59BAE1 #8059E1

monochromatic

#A2861D #D6B127 #E1C459 #EAD68D #F4E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E1C459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#E1C459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C459

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C459	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)

#D6C04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.130 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd58c',
    500: '#e1c459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c459;
$custom-light: #edd58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.206,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82462,
    "c": 0.13,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C459

secondary

#3950A5

accent

#3CD114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C459

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

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