#E1C652#E1C652

#E1C652 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.137 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C652
RGB	rgb(225, 198, 82)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 63.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, -3.64, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 59.96, 93.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% -0.0146 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.137 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.7708, 57.0075, 16.2049)
Luminance	0.5700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C652 #526DE1

analogous

#E17E52 #E1C652 #B5E152

triadic

#E1C652 #52E1C6 #C652E1

tetradic

#E1C652 #52E17E #526DE1 #E152B5

square

#E1C652 #52E17E #526DE1 #E152B5

split-complementary

#E1C652 #52B5E1 #7E52E1

monochromatic

#9D851B #D1B124 #E1C652 #EAD786 #F3E8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E1C652 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#E1C652 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C652

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C652	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C652	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c652;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 198, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.137 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed787',
    500: '#e1c652',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c652;
$custom-light: #eed787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c652",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.671,
    "s": 70.443,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82797,
    "c": 0.1371,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C652

secondary

#374BA1

accent

#37D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C652

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

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