#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
RGB	rgb(225, 199, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 65.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.41, -4.39, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.41, 61.94, 94.06°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.0173 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.141 97)
XYZ	xyz(52.8523, 57.4070, 15.5030)
Luminance	0.5740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E1C74E	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)

#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

Preview with #E1C74E

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

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