#E1C74D#E1C74D

#E1C74D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.142 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C74D
RGB	rgb(225, 199, 77)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 65.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.40, -4.45, 62.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.40, 62.35, 94.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.0175 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.142 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.8167, 57.3928, 15.3156)
Luminance	0.5739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C74D #4D67E1

analogous

#E17D4D #E1C74D #B1E14D

triadic

#E1C74D #4DE1C7 #C74DE1

tetradic

#E1C74D #4DE17D #4D67E1 #E14DB1

square

#E1C74D #4DE17D #4D67E1 #E14DB1

split-complementary

#E1C74D #4DB1E1 #7D4DE1

monochromatic

#9A831A #CEB023 #E1C74D #EAD781 #F3E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E1C74D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#E1C74D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C74D

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C74D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C74D	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)

#DAC33E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c74d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 199, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.142 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed785',
    500: '#e1c74d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c74d;
$custom-light: #eed785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c74d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.459,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82955,
    "c": 0.14163,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C74D

secondary

#35479D

accent

#5AEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C74D

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

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