#E1C74B#E1C74B

#E1C74B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.143 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E1C74B
RGBrgb(225, 199, 75)
HSLhsl(50, 71%, 59%)
HSVhsv(50, 67%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 11.6%, 66.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(80.38, -4.56, 63.00)
CIE-LCHlch(80.38, 63.17, 94.14°)
OKLaboklab(82.94% -0.0181 0.1419)
OKLCHoklch(82.94% 0.143 97.3)
XYZxyz(52.7472, 57.3650, 14.9494)
Luminance0.5736 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E1C74B #4B65E1
analogous
#E17C4B #E1C74B #B0E14B
triadic
#E1C74B #4BE1C7 #C74BE1
tetradic
#E1C74B #4BE17C #4B65E1 #E14BB0
square
#E1C74B #4BE17C #4B65E1 #E14BB0
split-complementary
#E1C74B #4BB0E1 #7C4BE1
monochromatic
#988219 #CDAF22 #E1C74B #EAD77F #F2E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68
#E1C74B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47
#E1C74B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C74B
12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E1C74B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E1C74B1.001.6812.4712.47
#FFFFFF1.681.0021.0021.00
#00000012.4721.001.001.00
##00000012.4721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC23B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1CB52
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2B9AD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e1c74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 199, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.143 97.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed783',
    500: '#e1c74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e1c74b;
$custom-light: #eed783;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e1c74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.6,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82938,
    "c": 0.14309,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E1C74B
secondary
#34469C
accent
#59EE3A
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E

Preview Lab

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#E1C74B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva