#E1C64F#E1C64F

#E1C64F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.139 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C64F
RGB	rgb(225, 198, 79)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 64.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, -3.82, 61.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 61.22, 93.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82.77% -0.0155 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(82.77% 0.139 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.6591, 56.9628, 15.6168)
Luminance	0.5696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C64F #4F6AE1

analogous

#E17D4F #E1C64F #B3E14F

triadic

#E1C64F #4FE1C6 #C64FE1

tetradic

#E1C64F #4FE17D #4F6AE1 #E14FB3

square

#E1C64F #4FE17D #4F6AE1 #E14FB3

split-complementary

#E1C64F #4FB3E1 #7D4FE1

monochromatic

#9B831A #CFB023 #E1C64F #EAD783 #F3E8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E1C64F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#E1C64F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C64F

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C64F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C64F	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	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)

#D9C241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c64f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 198, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.139 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed786',
    500: '#e1c64f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c64f;
$custom-light: #eed786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c64f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.904,
    "s": 70.874,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8277,
    "c": 0.1394,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C64F

secondary

#35499F

accent

#5BEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C64F

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

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