#E1C756#E1C756

#E1C756 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 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C756
RGB	rgb(225, 199, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.48, -3.90, 58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.48, 58.55, 93.82°)
OKLab	oklab(83.04% -0.0149 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(83.04% 0.135 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.1568, 57.5288, 17.1065)
Luminance	0.5753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C756 #5670E1

analogous

#E18156 #E1C756 #B5E156

triadic

#E1C756 #56E1C7 #C756E1

tetradic

#E1C756 #56E181 #5670E1 #E156B5

square

#E1C756 #56E181 #5670E1 #E156B5

split-complementary

#E1C756 #56B5E1 #8156E1

monochromatic

#A0881C #D4B426 #E1C756 #EAD88A #F3E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E1C756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#E1C756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C756

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C756	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 199, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.135 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed78a',
    500: '#e1c756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c756;
$custom-light: #eed78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.777,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8304,
    "c": 0.13469,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C756

secondary

#384CA3

accent

#37D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C756

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

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