#E1C74A#E1C74A

#E1C74A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.144 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C74A
RGB	rgb(225, 199, 74)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 67.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, -4.62, 63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 63.57, 94.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.93% -0.0184 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(82.93% 0.144 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.7132, 57.3514, 14.7706)
Luminance	0.5735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C74A #4A64E1

analogous

#E17B4A #E1C74A #AFE14A

triadic

#E1C74A #4AE1C7 #C74AE1

tetradic

#E1C74A #4AE17B #4A64E1 #E14AAF

square

#E1C74A #4AE17B #4A64E1 #E14AAF

split-complementary

#E1C74A #4AAFE1 #7B4AE1

monochromatic

#978219 #CCAF22 #E1C74A #EAD77E #F2E7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E1C74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#E1C74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C74A

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C74A	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC23A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 199, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.144 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed783',
    500: '#e1c74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c74a;
$custom-light: #eed783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.669,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8293,
    "c": 0.1438,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C74A

secondary

#34469B

accent

#59EE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C74A

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

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