#E1C64A#E1C64A

#E1C64A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.143 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C64A
RGB	rgb(225, 198, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 67.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, -4.10, 63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 63.27, 93.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.73% -0.0169 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(82.73% 0.143 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.4839, 56.8927, 14.6941)
Luminance	0.5689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C64A #4A65E1

analogous

#E17A4A #E1C64A #B0E14A

triadic

#E1C64A #4AE1C6 #C64AE1

tetradic

#E1C64A #4AE17A #4A65E1 #E14AB0

square

#E1C64A #4AE17A #4A65E1 #E14AB0

split-complementary

#E1C64A #4AB0E1 #7A4AE1

monochromatic

#978119 #CCAE22 #E1C64A #EAD77E #F2E7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E1C64A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#E1C64A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C64A

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C64A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C64A	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C23A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c64a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 198, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.143 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed683',
    500: '#e1c64a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c64a;
$custom-light: #eed683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c64a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.272,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82726,
    "c": 0.14306,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C64A

secondary

#34469B

accent

#5AEE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C64A

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

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