#E1C55A#E1C55A

#E1C55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.130 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C55A
RGB	rgb(225, 197, 90)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 60%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.00, -2.60, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.00, 56.16, 92.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.68% -0.0107 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(82.68% 0.13 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.8653, 56.6808, 17.8268)
Luminance	0.5668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C55A #5A76E1

analogous

#E1825A #E1C55A #B9E15A

triadic

#E1C55A #5AE1C5 #C55AE1

tetradic

#E1C55A #5AE182 #5A76E1 #E15AB9

square

#E1C55A #5AE182 #5A76E1 #E15AB9

split-complementary

#E1C55A #5AB9E1 #825AE1

monochromatic

#A3871E #D7B227 #E1C55A #EAD78E #F4E9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E1C55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#E1C55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C55A

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C55A	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 197, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.130 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd68c',
    500: '#e1c55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c55a;
$custom-light: #edd68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.556,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82675,
    "c": 0.12989,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C55A

secondary

#3A50A6

accent

#3BD114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C55A

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

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