#E1C846#E1C846

#E1C846 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.147 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C846
RGB	rgb(225, 200, 70)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 68.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.61, -5.34, 65.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.61, 65.45, 94.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.1% -0.0209 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(83.1% 0.147 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.8136, 57.7609, 14.1603)
Luminance	0.5776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C846 #465FE1

analogous

#E17B46 #E1C846 #ACE146

triadic

#E1C846 #46E1C8 #C846E1

tetradic

#E1C846 #46E17B #465FE1 #E146AC

square

#E1C846 #46E17B #465FE1 #E146AC

split-complementary

#E1C846 #46ACE1 #7B46E1

monochromatic

#958018 #C9AE21 #E1C846 #EAD87B #F2E7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E1C846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#E1C846 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C846

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C846	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 200, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.147 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed881',
    500: '#e1c846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c846;
$custom-light: #eed881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83102,
    "c": 0.14731,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C846

secondary

#324399

accent

#56EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C846

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

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