#E1C64E#E1C64E

#E1C64E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.140 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E1C64E
RGBrgb(225, 198, 78)
HSLhsl(49, 71%, 59%)
HSVhsv(49, 65%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12%, 65.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(80.15, -3.88, 61.51)
CIE-LCHlch(80.15, 61.64, 93.61°)
OKLaboklab(82.76% -0.0158 0.1393)
OKLCHoklch(82.76% 0.14 96.5)
XYZxyz(52.6230, 56.9484, 15.4266)
Luminance0.5695 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E1C64E #4E69E1
analogous
#E17D4E #E1C64E #B2E14E
triadic
#E1C64E #4EE1C6 #C64EE1
tetradic
#E1C64E #4EE17D #4E69E1 #E14EB2
square
#E1C64E #4EE17D #4E69E1 #E14EB2
split-complementary
#E1C64E #4EB2E1 #7D4EE1
monochromatic
#9A831A #CFAF23 #E1C64E #EAD782 #F3E8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70
#E1C64E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39
#E1C64E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C64E
12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E1C64E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E1C64E1.001.7012.3912.39
#FFFFFF1.701.0021.0021.00
#00000012.3921.001.001.00
##00000012.3921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D9C23F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0CB54
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2B8AD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e1c64e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 198, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.140 96.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed685',
    500: '#e1c64e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e1c64e;
$custom-light: #eed685;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e1c64e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.98,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82761,
    "c": 0.14015,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E1C64E
secondary
#35489E
accent
#5BEE3A
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E

Preview Lab

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#E1C64E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva