#E1C461#E1C461

#E1C461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.123 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C461
RGB	rgb(225, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 56.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, -1.58, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 52.69, 91.71°)
OKLab	oklab(82.55% -0.0069 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(82.55% 0.123 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.9511, 56.3530, 19.3951)
Luminance	0.5635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C461 #617EE1

analogous

#E18461 #E1C461 #BEE161

triadic

#E1C461 #61E1C4 #C461E1

tetradic

#E1C461 #61E184 #617EE1 #E161BE

square

#E1C461 #61E184 #617EE1 #E161BE

split-complementary

#E1C461 #61BEE1 #8461E1

monochromatic

#A88920 #D7B12E #E1C461 #EBD794 #F5EAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E1C461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#E1C461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C461

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C461	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.123 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd591',
    500: '#e1c461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c461;
$custom-light: #edd591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.406,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82551,
    "c": 0.12308,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C461

secondary

#3C55AA

accent

#40D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C461

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

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