#E1C74E#E1C74E

#E1C74E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.141 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E1C74E
RGBrgb(225, 199, 78)
HSLhsl(49, 71%, 59%)
HSVhsv(49, 65%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 11.6%, 65.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(80.41, -4.39, 61.78)
CIE-LCHlch(80.41, 61.94, 94.06°)
OKLaboklab(82.96% -0.0173 0.1398)
OKLCHoklch(82.96% 0.141 97)
XYZxyz(52.8523, 57.4070, 15.5030)
Luminance0.5740 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E1C74E #4E68E1
analogous
#E17E4E #E1C74E #B1E14E
triadic
#E1C74E #4EE1C7 #C74EE1
tetradic
#E1C74E #4EE17E #4E68E1 #E14EB1
square
#E1C74E #4EE17E #4E68E1 #E14EB1
split-complementary
#E1C74E #4EB1E1 #7E4EE1
monochromatic
#9A841A #CFB023 #E1C74E #EAD882 #F3E8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68
#E1C74E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48
#E1C74E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C74E
12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E1C74E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E1C74E1.001.6812.4812.48
#FFFFFF1.681.0021.0021.00
#00000012.4821.001.001.00
##00000012.4821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC33F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1CB54
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2B9AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e1c74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 199, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.141 97.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed785',
    500: '#e1c74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e1c74e;
$custom-light: #eed785;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e1c74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.388,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82964,
    "c": 0.14089,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.57404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E1C74E
secondary
#35489E
accent
#5AEE3A
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E

Preview Lab

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#E1C74E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva