#E1C84C#E1C84C

#E1C84C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.143 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C84C
RGB	rgb(225, 200, 76)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 66.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.65, -5.02, 62.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.65, 63.07, 94.56°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% -0.0193 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.143 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.0125, 57.8405, 15.2081)
Luminance	0.5784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C84C #4C65E1

analogous

#E17E4C #E1C84C #B0E14C

triadic

#E1C84C #4CE1C8 #C84CE1

tetradic

#E1C84C #4CE17E #4C65E1 #E14CB0

square

#E1C84C #4CE17E #4C65E1 #E14CB0

split-complementary

#E1C84C #4CB0E1 #7E4CE1

monochromatic

#99841A #CDB122 #E1C84C #EAD880 #F3E8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E1C84C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#E1C84C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C84C

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C84C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C84C	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c84c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 200, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.143 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed884',
    500: '#e1c84c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c84c;
$custom-light: #eed884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c84c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.933,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83151,
    "c": 0.14311,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C84C

secondary

#34469D

accent

#58EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C84C

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

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