#E1C54D#E1C54D

#E1C54D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.140 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C54D
RGB	rgb(225, 197, 77)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 65.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -3.42, 61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 61.75, 93.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.55% -0.0146 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(82.55% 0.14 96)
XYZ	xyz(52.3596, 56.4785, 15.1632)
Luminance	0.5648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C54D #4D69E1

analogous

#E17B4D #E1C54D #B3E14D

triadic

#E1C54D #4DE1C5 #C54DE1

tetradic

#E1C54D #4DE17B #4D69E1 #E14DB3

square

#E1C54D #4DE17B #4D69E1 #E14DB3

split-complementary

#E1C54D #4DB3E1 #7B4DE1

monochromatic

#9A821A #CEAE23 #E1C54D #EAD681 #F3E7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E1C54D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#E1C54D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C54D

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C54D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C54D	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C13E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c54d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 197, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.140 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed684',
    500: '#e1c54d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c54d;
$custom-light: #eed684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c54d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82548,
    "c": 0.14016,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.56476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C54D

secondary

#35499D

accent

#5CEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C54D

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

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