#E1C84D#E1C84D

#E1C84D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.142 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1C84D
RGB	rgb(225, 200, 77)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 65.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.66, -4.96, 62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.66, 62.66, 94.54°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% -0.019 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.142 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.0476, 57.8545, 15.3926)
Luminance	0.5785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1C84D #4D66E1

analogous

#E17E4D #E1C84D #B0E14D

triadic

#E1C84D #4DE1C8 #C84DE1

tetradic

#E1C84D #4DE17E #4D66E1 #E14DB0

square

#E1C84D #4DE17E #4D66E1 #E14DB0

split-complementary

#E1C84D #4DB0E1 #7E4DE1

monochromatic

#9A841A #CEB123 #E1C84D #EAD881 #F3E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E1C84D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#E1C84D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1C84D

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1C84D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1C84D	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)

#DBC33D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1c84d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 200, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.142 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed885',
    500: '#e1c84d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1c84d;
$custom-light: #eed885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1c84d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.865,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8316,
    "c": 0.14239,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1C84D

secondary

#35469D

accent

#58EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1C84D

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

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