#E1C558#E1C558

#E1C558 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.132 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C558
RGB	rgb(225, 197, 88)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 60.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.98, -2.73, 56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.98, 57.05, 92.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.65% -0.0113 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(82.65% 0.132 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.7813, 56.6472, 17.3845)
Luminance	0.5665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C558 #5874E1

analogous

#E18158 #E1C558 #B9E158

triadic

#E1C558 #58E1C5 #C558E1

tetradic

#E1C558 #58E181 #5874E1 #E158B9

square

#E1C558 #58E181 #5874E1 #E158B9

split-complementary

#E1C558 #58B9E1 #8158E1

monochromatic

#A2861D #D5B226 #E1C558 #EAD78C #F4E9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E1C558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#E1C558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C558

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C558	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 197, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.132 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd68b',
    500: '#e1c558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c558;
$custom-light: #edd68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.737,
    "s": 69.543,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82654,
    "c": 0.13156,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C558

secondary

#394FA4

accent

#3BD214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C558

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

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