#E1C751#E1C751

#E1C751 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.139 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C751
RGB	rgb(225, 199, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.43, -4.21, 60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.43, 60.69, 93.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.99% -0.0164 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(82.99% 0.139 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.9623, 57.4510, 16.0824)
Luminance	0.5745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C751 #516BE1

analogous

#E17F51 #E1C751 #B3E151

triadic

#E1C751 #51E1C7 #C751E1

tetradic

#E1C751 #51E17F #516BE1 #E151B3

square

#E1C751 #51E17F #516BE1 #E151B3

split-complementary

#E1C751 #51B3E1 #7F51E1

monochromatic

#9D851B #D1B224 #E1C751 #EAD885 #F3E9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E1C751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#E1C751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C751

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C751	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)

#DAC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 199, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.139 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed787',
    500: '#e1c751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c751;
$custom-light: #eed787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.167,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82992,
    "c": 0.13862,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C751

secondary

#3649A0

accent

#5BED3A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C751

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

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