#E1C84A#E1C84A

#E1C84A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.145 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C84A
RGB	rgb(225, 200, 74)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 67.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, -5.13, 63.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 63.88, 94.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.13% -0.0198 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(83.13% 0.145 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.9441, 57.8131, 14.8475)
Luminance	0.5781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C84A #4A63E1

analogous

#E17C4A #E1C84A #AEE14A

triadic

#E1C84A #4AE1C8 #C84AE1

tetradic

#E1C84A #4AE17C #4A63E1 #E14AAE

square

#E1C84A #4AE17C #4A63E1 #E14AAE

split-complementary

#E1C84A #4AAEE1 #7C4AE1

monochromatic

#978319 #CCB022 #E1C84A #EAD87E #F2E8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E1C84A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#E1C84A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C84A

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C84A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C84A	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c84a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 200, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.145 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed883',
    500: '#e1c84a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c84a;
$custom-light: #eed883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c84a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.066,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83134,
    "c": 0.14455,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C84A

secondary

#34459B

accent

#57EE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C84A

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

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