#E1C75E#E1C75E
#E1C75E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.128 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E1C75E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(225, 199, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 69%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 58%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 58.2%, 11.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.55, -3.35, 54.90) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.55, 55.01, 93.49°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.13% -0.0124 0.1274) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.13% 0.128 95.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.4973, 57.6650, 18.9001) |
| Luminance | 0.5766 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.23
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.09
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.31
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.70
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.72
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.74
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E1C75E #5E78E1
analogous
#E1865E #E1C75E #B9E15E
triadic
#E1C75E #5EE1C7 #C75EE1
tetradic
#E1C75E #5EE186 #5E78E1 #E15EB9
square
#E1C75E #5EE186 #5E78E1 #E15EB9
split-complementary
#E1C75E #5EB9E1 #865EE1
monochromatic
#A68B1F #D7B52A #E1C75E #EBD992 #F4EBC5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.68
#E1C75E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.53
#E1C75E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E1C75E
12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E1C75E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E1C75E | 1.00 | 1.68 | 12.53 | 12.53 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.68 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.53 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.53 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D9C353
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0CB63
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F1BAB0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C8C8C8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e1c75e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 199, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.128 95.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#edd78f',
500: '#e1c75e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e1c75e; $custom-light: #edd78f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e1c75e",
"rgb": {
"r": 225,
"g": 199,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.092,
"s": 68.586,
"l": 62.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83125,
"c": 0.12796,
"h": 95.6
},
"luminance": 0.57663
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E1C75E
secondary
#3B51A8
accent
#3AD115
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F