#E1C646#E1C646

#E1C646 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.146 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C646
RGB	rgb(225, 198, 70)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 68.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.09, -4.32, 64.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.09, 64.85, 93.82°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% -0.0179 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.146 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.3534, 56.8406, 14.0069)
Luminance	0.5684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C646 #4661E1

analogous

#E17846 #E1C646 #AFE146

triadic

#E1C646 #46E1C6 #C646E1

tetradic

#E1C646 #46E178 #4661E1 #E146AF

square

#E1C646 #46E178 #4661E1 #E146AF

split-complementary

#E1C646 #46AFE1 #7846E1

monochromatic

#957F18 #C9AC21 #E1C646 #EAD67B #F2E6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E1C646 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#E1C646 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C646

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C646	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C646	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c646;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 198, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.146 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed680',
    500: '#e1c646',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c646;
$custom-light: #eed680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c646",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.548,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82693,
    "c": 0.14583,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C646

secondary

#324499

accent

#59EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C646

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

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