#E1C54F#E1C54F

#E1C54F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.139 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C54F
RGB	rgb(225, 197, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 64.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, -3.30, 60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 60.92, 93.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.57% -0.014 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(82.57% 0.139 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.4313, 56.5072, 15.5409)
Luminance	0.5651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C54F #4F6BE1

analogous

#E17C4F #E1C54F #B4E14F

triadic

#E1C54F #4FE1C5 #C54FE1

tetradic

#E1C54F #4FE17C #4F6BE1 #E14FB4

square

#E1C54F #4FE17C #4F6BE1 #E14FB4

split-complementary

#E1C54F #4FB4E1 #7C4FE1

monochromatic

#9B821A #CFAE23 #E1C54F #EAD683 #F3E7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E1C54F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#E1C54F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C54F

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C54F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C54F	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)

#D8C141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c54f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 197, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.139 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed686',
    500: '#e1c54f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c54f;
$custom-light: #eed686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c54f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.493,
    "s": 70.874,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82566,
    "c": 0.13867,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C54F

secondary

#354A9F

accent

#5DEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C54F

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

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