#E1C54C#E1C54C

#E1C54C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.141 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C54C
RGB	rgb(225, 197, 76)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 66.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.88, -3.48, 62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.88, 62.16, 93.21°)
OKLab	oklab(82.54% -0.0149 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(82.54% 0.141 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.3246, 56.4645, 14.9787)
Luminance	0.5646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C54C #4C68E1

analogous

#E17B4C #E1C54C #B3E14C

triadic

#E1C54C #4CE1C5 #C54CE1

tetradic

#E1C54C #4CE17B #4C68E1 #E14CB3

square

#E1C54C #4CE17B #4C68E1 #E14CB3

split-complementary

#E1C54C #4CB3E1 #7B4CE1

monochromatic

#99811A #CDAD22 #E1C54C #EAD680 #F3E7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E1C54C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#E1C54C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C54C

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C54C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C54C	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)

#D8C13D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c54c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 197, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.141 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed684',
    500: '#e1c54c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c54c;
$custom-light: #eed684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c54c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.725,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82539,
    "c": 0.14089,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C54C

secondary

#34489D

accent

#5CEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C54C

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

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