#E1C550#E1C550

#E1C550 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.138 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C550
RGB	rgb(225, 197, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 64.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.91, -3.24, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.91, 60.50, 93.07°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.0137 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.138 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.4680, 56.5219, 15.7340)
Luminance	0.5652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C550 #506CE1

analogous

#E17D50 #E1C550 #B4E150

triadic

#E1C550 #50E1C5 #C550E1

tetradic

#E1C550 #50E17D #506CE1 #E150B4

square

#E1C550 #50E17D #506CE1 #E150B4

split-complementary

#E1C550 #50B4E1 #7D50E1

monochromatic

#9C831B #D0AF24 #E1C550 #EAD684 #F3E8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E1C550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#E1C550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C550

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C550	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)

#D8C142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 197, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.138 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed686',
    500: '#e1c550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c550;
$custom-light: #eed686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.414,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82575,
    "c": 0.13792,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C550

secondary

#364A9F

accent

#5DED3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C550

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

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