#E1C750#E1C750
#E1C750 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.139 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E1C750 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(225, 199, 80) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 71%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 64%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 64.4%, 11.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.42, -4.27, 60.96) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.42, 61.11, 94.01°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.98% -0.0167 0.1384) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.98% 0.139 96.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.9251, 57.4361, 15.8864) |
| Luminance | 0.5743 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.67
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.25
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.91
Mustard Yellow
#D2BD0A
ΔE00 5.08
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 5.20
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.49
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E1C750 #506AE1
analogous
#E17E50 #E1C750 #B3E150
triadic
#E1C750 #50E1C7 #C750E1
tetradic
#E1C750 #50E17E #506AE1 #E150B3
square
#E1C750 #50E17E #506AE1 #E150B3
split-complementary
#E1C750 #50B3E1 #7E50E1
monochromatic
#9C851B #D0B124 #E1C750 #EAD884 #F3E8B8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.68
#E1C750 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.49
#E1C750 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E1C750
12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E1C750 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E1C750 | 1.00 | 1.68 | 12.49 | 12.49 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.68 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC342
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1CB56
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2B9AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e1c750; /* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 199, 80); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.139 96.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eed786',
500: '#e1c750',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e1c750; $custom-light: #eed786; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e1c750",
"rgb": {
"r": 225,
"g": 199,
"b": 80
},
"hsl": {
"h": 49.241,
"s": 70.732,
"l": 59.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82982,
"c": 0.13939,
"h": 96.9
},
"luminance": 0.57434
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E1C750
secondary
#36499F
accent
#5AED3A
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF3
border
#D6D4CD
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F