#E1C554#E1C554

#E1C554 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.135 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C554
RGB	rgb(225, 197, 84)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 62.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -2.99, 58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 58.79, 92.92°)
OKLab	oklab(82.61% -0.0125 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(82.61% 0.135 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.6202, 56.5827, 16.5357)
Luminance	0.5658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C554 #5470E1

analogous

#E17E54 #E1C554 #B6E154

triadic

#E1C554 #54E1C5 #C554E1

tetradic

#E1C554 #54E17E #5470E1 #E154B6

square

#E1C554 #54E17E #5470E1 #E154B6

split-complementary

#E1C554 #54B6E1 #7E54E1

monochromatic

#9F851C #D3B025 #E1C554 #EAD788 #F3E8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E1C554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#E1C554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C554

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C554	1.00	1.71	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 197, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.135 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed689',
    500: '#e1c554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c554;
$custom-light: #eed689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.085,
    "s": 70.149,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82614,
    "c": 0.1348,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C554

secondary

#374CA2

accent

#39D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C554

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

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