#E1C552#E1C552

#E1C552 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.136 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C552
RGB	rgb(225, 197, 82)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 63.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.93, -3.12, 59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.93, 59.65, 93.00°)
OKLab	oklab(82.59% -0.0131 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(82.59% 0.136 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.5430, 56.5519, 16.1290)
Luminance	0.5655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C552 #526EE1

analogous

#E17E52 #E1C552 #B5E152

triadic

#E1C552 #52E1C5 #C552E1

tetradic

#E1C552 #52E17E #526EE1 #E152B5

square

#E1C552 #52E17E #526EE1 #E152B5

split-complementary

#E1C552 #52B5E1 #7E52E1

monochromatic

#9D841B #D1B024 #E1C552 #EAD686 #F3E8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E1C552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#E1C552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C552

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C552	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 197, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.136 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed687',
    500: '#e1c552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c552;
$custom-light: #eed687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.252,
    "s": 70.443,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82594,
    "c": 0.13638,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C552

secondary

#374BA1

accent

#39D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C552

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

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