#E1C54A#E1C54A

#E1C54A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.142 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C54A
RGB	rgb(225, 197, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 67.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -3.59, 62.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 62.97, 93.27°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% -0.0154 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.142 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.2561, 56.4371, 14.6182)
Luminance	0.5643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C54A #4A66E1

analogous

#E1794A #E1C54A #B1E14A

triadic

#E1C54A #4AE1C5 #C54AE1

tetradic

#E1C54A #4AE179 #4A66E1 #E14AB1

square

#E1C54A #4AE179 #4A66E1 #E14AB1

split-complementary

#E1C54A #4AB1E1 #794AE1

monochromatic

#978019 #CCAC22 #E1C54A #EAD67E #F2E7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E1C54A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#E1C54A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C54A

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C54A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C54A	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C13A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c54a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 197, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.142 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed683',
    500: '#e1c54a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c54a;
$custom-light: #eed683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c54a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.874,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82522,
    "c": 0.14233,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C54A

secondary

#34479B

accent

#5BEE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C54A

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

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