#E1C65A#E1C65A

#E1C65A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.131 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C65A
RGB	rgb(225, 198, 90)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 60%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, -3.11, 56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 56.48, 93.16°)
OKLab	oklab(82.88% -0.0122 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(82.88% 0.131 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.0931, 57.1364, 17.9027)
Luminance	0.5713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C65A #5A75E1

analogous

#E1835A #E1C65A #B9E15A

triadic

#E1C65A #5AE1C6 #C65AE1

tetradic

#E1C65A #5AE183 #5A75E1 #E15AB9

square

#E1C65A #5AE183 #5A75E1 #E15AB9

split-complementary

#E1C65A #5AB9E1 #835AE1

monochromatic

#A3881E #D7B427 #E1C65A #EAD88E #F4EAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E1C65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#E1C65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C65A

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C65A	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 198, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.131 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd78c',
    500: '#e1c65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c65a;
$custom-light: #edd78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82878,
    "c": 0.13063,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C65A

secondary

#3A4FA6

accent

#3AD114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C65A

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

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