#E1C657#E1C657

#E1C657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.133 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C657
RGB	rgb(225, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -3.32, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 57.80, 93.29°)
OKLab	oklab(82.85% -0.0131 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(82.85% 0.133 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.9680, 57.0864, 17.2437)
Luminance	0.5708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C657 #5772E1

analogous

#E18157 #E1C657 #B7E157

triadic

#E1C657 #57E1C6 #C657E1

tetradic

#E1C657 #57E181 #5772E1 #E157B7

square

#E1C657 #57E181 #5772E1 #E157B7

split-complementary

#E1C657 #57B7E1 #8157E1

monochromatic

#A1871D #D5B326 #E1C657 #EAD88B #F4E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E1C657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#E1C657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C657

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C657	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.133 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed78a',
    500: '#e1c657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c657;
$custom-light: #eed78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82847,
    "c": 0.13312,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C657

secondary

#384DA4

accent

#39D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C657

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

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