#E1C64B#E1C64B

#E1C64B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.142 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C64B
RGB	rgb(225, 198, 75)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 66.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.13, -4.05, 62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.13, 62.87, 93.69°)
OKLab	oklab(82.73% -0.0166 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(82.73% 0.142 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.5179, 56.9063, 14.8730)
Luminance	0.5690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C64B #4B66E1

analogous

#E17B4B #E1C64B #B1E14B

triadic

#E1C64B #4BE1C6 #C64BE1

tetradic

#E1C64B #4BE17B #4B66E1 #E14BB1

square

#E1C64B #4BE17B #4B66E1 #E14BB1

split-complementary

#E1C64B #4BB1E1 #7B4BE1

monochromatic

#988119 #CDAE22 #E1C64B #EAD77F #F2E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E1C64B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#E1C64B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C64B

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C64B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C64B	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)

#D9C23B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c64b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 198, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.142 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed683',
    500: '#e1c64b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c64b;
$custom-light: #eed683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c64b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.2,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82734,
    "c": 0.14234,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C64B

secondary

#34479C

accent

#5AEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C64B

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

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