#E1C84B#E1C84B

#E1C84B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.144 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C84B
RGB	rgb(225, 200, 75)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 66.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.64, -5.08, 63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.64, 63.47, 94.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% -0.0195 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.144 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.9780, 57.8267, 15.0264)
Luminance	0.5782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C84B #4B64E1

analogous

#E17D4B #E1C84B #AFE14B

triadic

#E1C84B #4BE1C8 #C84BE1

tetradic

#E1C84B #4BE17D #4B64E1 #E14BAF

square

#E1C84B #4BE17D #4B64E1 #E14BAF

split-complementary

#E1C84B #4BAFE1 #7D4BE1

monochromatic

#988319 #CDB022 #E1C84B #EAD87F #F2E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E1C84B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#E1C84B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C84B

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C84B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C84B	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)

#DBC33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c84b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 200, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.144 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed883',
    500: '#e1c84b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c84b;
$custom-light: #eed883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c84b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83142,
    "c": 0.14383,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C84B

secondary

#34459C

accent

#58EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C84B

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

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