#E1C555#E1C555

#E1C555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.134 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C555
RGB	rgb(225, 197, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.95, -2.93, 58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.95, 58.36, 92.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82.62% -0.0122 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(82.62% 0.134 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.6596, 56.5985, 16.7434)
Luminance	0.5660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C555 #5571E1

analogous

#E17F55 #E1C555 #B7E155

triadic

#E1C555 #55E1C5 #C555E1

tetradic

#E1C555 #55E17F #5571E1 #E155B7

square

#E1C555 #55E17F #5571E1 #E155B7

split-complementary

#E1C555 #55B7E1 #7F55E1

monochromatic

#9F851C #D3B125 #E1C555 #EAD789 #F3E8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E1C555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#E1C555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C555

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C555	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	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)

#D8C149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 197, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.134 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed689',
    500: '#e1c555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c555;
$custom-light: #eed689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82624,
    "c": 0.134,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C555

secondary

#384DA3

accent

#3AD214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C555

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

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