#E1C755#E1C755

#E1C755 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.135 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C755
RGB	rgb(225, 199, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -3.96, 58.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 58.98, 93.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.03% -0.0152 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(83.03% 0.135 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.1168, 57.5128, 16.8958)
Luminance	0.5751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C755 #556FE1

analogous

#E18155 #E1C755 #B5E155

triadic

#E1C755 #55E1C7 #C755E1

tetradic

#E1C755 #55E181 #556FE1 #E155B5

square

#E1C755 #55E181 #556FE1 #E155B5

split-complementary

#E1C755 #55B5E1 #8155E1

monochromatic

#9F871C #D3B325 #E1C755 #EAD889 #F3E9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E1C755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#E1C755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C755

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C755	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 199, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.135 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed789',
    500: '#e1c755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c755;
$custom-light: #eed789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8303,
    "c": 0.13549,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C755

secondary

#384BA3

accent

#37D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C755

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

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