#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
RGBrgb(225, 197, 78)
HSLhsl(49, 71%, 59%)
HSVhsv(49, 65%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12.4%, 65.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(79.89, -3.36, 61.24)
CIE-LCHlch(79.89, 61.33, 93.14°)
OKLaboklab(82.56% -0.0143 0.1387)
OKLCHoklch(82.56% 0.139 95.9)
XYZxyz(52.3952, 56.4927, 15.3506)
Luminance0.5649 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##E1C54E1.001.7112.3012.30
#FFFFFF1.711.0021.0021.00
#00000012.3021.001.001.00
##00000012.3021.001.001.00

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

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#E1C54E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva