#E1C757#E1C757

#E1C757 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.134 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C757
RGB	rgb(225, 199, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, -3.83, 57.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 58.11, 93.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.05% -0.0146 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(83.05% 0.134 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.1973, 57.5450, 17.3202)
Luminance	0.5754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C757 #5771E1

analogous

#E18257 #E1C757 #B6E157

triadic

#E1C757 #57E1C7 #C757E1

tetradic

#E1C757 #57E182 #5771E1 #E157B6

square

#E1C757 #57E182 #5771E1 #E157B6

split-complementary

#E1C757 #57B6E1 #8257E1

monochromatic

#A1881D #D5B426 #E1C757 #EAD88B #F4EABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E1C757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#E1C757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C757

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C757	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)

#D9C34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 199, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.134 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed78b',
    500: '#e1c757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c757;
$custom-light: #eed78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8305,
    "c": 0.13387,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C757

secondary

#384DA4

accent

#38D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C757

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

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