#E1C74C#E1C74C

#E1C74C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.142 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C74C
RGB	rgb(225, 199, 76)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 66.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.39, -4.51, 62.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.39, 62.76, 94.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.95% -0.0178 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(82.95% 0.142 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.7817, 57.3788, 15.1311)
Luminance	0.5738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C74C #4C66E1

analogous

#E17D4C #E1C74C #B1E14C

triadic

#E1C74C #4CE1C7 #C74CE1

tetradic

#E1C74C #4CE17D #4C66E1 #E14CB1

square

#E1C74C #4CE17D #4C66E1 #E14CB1

split-complementary

#E1C74C #4CB1E1 #7D4CE1

monochromatic

#99831A #CDB022 #E1C74C #EAD780 #F3E8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E1C74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#E1C74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C74C

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C74C	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 199, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.142 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed784',
    500: '#e1c74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c74c;
$custom-light: #eed784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.53,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82947,
    "c": 0.14236,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C74C

secondary

#34479D

accent

#59EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C74C

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

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