#E1C54E#E1C54E

#E1C54E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.139 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C54E
RGB	rgb(225, 197, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 65.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -3.36, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 61.33, 93.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.56% -0.0143 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(82.56% 0.139 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.3952, 56.4927, 15.3506)
Luminance	0.5649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C54E #4E6AE1

analogous

#E17B4E #E1C54E #B4E14E

triadic

#E1C54E #4EE1C5 #C54EE1

tetradic

#E1C54E #4EE17B #4E6AE1 #E14EB4

square

#E1C54E #4EE17B #4E6AE1 #E14EB4

split-complementary

#E1C54E #4EB4E1 #7B4EE1

monochromatic

#9A821A #CFAE23 #E1C54E #EAD682 #F3E7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E1C54E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#E1C54E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C54E

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C54E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C54E	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)

#D8C13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c54e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 197, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.139 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed685',
    500: '#e1c54e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c54e;
$custom-light: #eed685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c54e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82557,
    "c": 0.13942,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C54E

secondary

#35499E

accent

#5CEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C54E

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

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