#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
RGB	rgb(225, 198, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 65.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, -3.88, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 61.64, 93.61°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.0158 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.14 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.6230, 56.9484, 15.4266)
Luminance	0.5695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E1C64E	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E1C64E

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

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