#E1C545#E1C545

#E1C545 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.146 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C545
RGB	rgb(225, 197, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 69.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.83, -3.85, 64.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.83, 64.95, 93.40°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.0167 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.146 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.0943, 56.3724, 13.7661)
Luminance	0.5637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C545 #4561E1

analogous

#E17745 #E1C545 #AFE145

triadic

#E1C545 #45E1C5 #C545E1

tetradic

#E1C545 #45E177 #4561E1 #E145AF

square

#E1C545 #45E177 #4561E1 #E145AF

split-complementary

#E1C545 #45AFE1 #7745E1

monochromatic

#947E18 #C8AA20 #E1C545 #E9D57A #F2E6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E1C545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#E1C545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C545

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C545	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)

#D8C133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 197, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.146 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed680',
    500: '#e1c545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c545;
$custom-light: #eed680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82481,
    "c": 0.14577,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C545

secondary

#324498

accent

#5AEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C545

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

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