#E1C45F#E1C45F

#E1C45F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.125 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C45F
RGB	rgb(225, 196, 95)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 57.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, -1.72, 53.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 53.60, 91.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.53% -0.0076 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(82.53% 0.125 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.8590, 56.3162, 18.9101)
Luminance	0.5631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C45F #5F7CE1

analogous

#E1835F #E1C45F #BDE15F

triadic

#E1C45F #5FE1C4 #C45FE1

tetradic

#E1C45F #5FE183 #5F7CE1 #E15FBD

square

#E1C45F #5FE183 #5F7CE1 #E15FBD

split-complementary

#E1C45F #5FBDE1 #835FE1

monochromatic

#A6881F #D7B12B #E1C45F #EBD793 #F4EAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E1C45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#E1C45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C45F

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C45F	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 196, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.125 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd58f',
    500: '#e1c45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c45f;
$custom-light: #edd58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.615,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82528,
    "c": 0.12486,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C45F

secondary

#3B54A9

accent

#3FD015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C45F

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

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