#E1C759#E1C759

#E1C759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.132 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C759
RGB	rgb(225, 199, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.50, -3.70, 57.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.50, 57.24, 93.70°)
OKLab	oklab(83.07% -0.014 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(83.07% 0.132 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.2802, 57.5782, 17.7565)
Luminance	0.5758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C759 #5973E1

analogous

#E18359 #E1C759 #B7E159

triadic

#E1C759 #59E1C7 #C759E1

tetradic

#E1C759 #59E183 #5973E1 #E159B7

square

#E1C759 #59E183 #5973E1 #E159B7

split-complementary

#E1C759 #59B7E1 #8359E1

monochromatic

#A2891D #D6B527 #E1C759 #EAD88D #F4EAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E1C759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#E1C759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C759

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C759	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 199, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.132 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd78c',
    500: '#e1c759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c759;
$custom-light: #edd78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.529,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83071,
    "c": 0.13222,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C759

secondary

#394EA5

accent

#38D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C759

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

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