#E1C656#E1C656

#E1C656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.134 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C656
RGB	rgb(225, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.22, -3.38, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.22, 58.24, 93.33°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% -0.0134 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.134 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.9275, 57.0702, 17.0301)
Luminance	0.5707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C656 #5671E1

analogous

#E18056 #E1C656 #B6E156

triadic

#E1C656 #56E1C6 #C656E1

tetradic

#E1C656 #56E180 #5671E1 #E156B6

square

#E1C656 #56E180 #5671E1 #E156B6

split-complementary

#E1C656 #56B6E1 #8056E1

monochromatic

#A0871C #D4B226 #E1C656 #EAD88A #F3E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E1C656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#E1C656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C656

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C656	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.134 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed78a',
    500: '#e1c656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c656;
$custom-light: #eed78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.345,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82837,
    "c": 0.13394,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C656

secondary

#384DA3

accent

#39D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C656

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

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