#E1C65D#E1C65D

#E1C65D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.128 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C65D
RGB	rgb(225, 198, 93)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 58.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, -2.90, 55.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 55.14, 93.02°)
OKLab	oklab(82.91% -0.0112 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(82.91% 0.128 95)
XYZ	xyz(53.2234, 57.1885, 18.5888)
Luminance	0.5719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C65D #5D78E1

analogous

#E1845D #E1C65D #BAE15D

triadic

#E1C65D #5DE1C6 #C65DE1

tetradic

#E1C65D #5DE184 #5D78E1 #E15DBA

square

#E1C65D #5DE184 #5D78E1 #E15DBA

split-complementary

#E1C65D #5DBAE1 #845DE1

monochromatic

#A58A1F #D7B429 #E1C65D #EBD891 #F4EAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E1C65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#E1C65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C65D

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C65D	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 198, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.128 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd78e',
    500: '#e1c65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c65d;
$custom-light: #edd78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82911,
    "c": 0.12807,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.57186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C65D

secondary

#3B51A8

accent

#3BD115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C65D

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

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